Thesis StatementThe impact of reason had changes in medicine, religion, and entertainment.

In medicine, physicians and surgeons began to experiment more and minimize the use of

traditional methods.

 In religion, the reformation caused changes in balance of power and changed certain aspects

of religious life.

 In entertainment blood sports and taverns became the rage with common people.

The age of reason

Step to modern medicine It took away power

from the church

Made entertainment more sophisticated

Medecine

Religion

Entertainment

The Enlightenment

From Medieval MedicineTraditional Methods/ Jobs    

 Blood Letting   Mid-wifes

 Faith Healers 

Physicians  Surgeons  apothecaries

The step to Modern Medicine"The enlightenment's growing focus on discovering the laws of nature and on human problems did give rise to a great deal of reasearch and experimentation." (667)

What caused medicine to change:• Medicine:unchanging before the

enlightment. o Ideas of Aristotle

• It was medicine "before science"o No "logic"

• reasono curiosity

• Tools/ Inventionso forceps, thermomiter

• led to important discoverieso heart, bactria, disease

Old-school dental tool below

The great discovery: Small Pox

• Biggest epidemico Since black plagueo 60 million deado  Action instead of faith

• Methods: o Blood lettingo smallpox inoculationo studies on infected

• Edward Jenner • Created Vaccine• The science of immunology

came from this.

Religion

•lack of confidence in church•People branched from Catholicisim•Parish Church=religious unit of Europe•Jansenism•Jesuits•Protestant Reformation

–Power went to politicians (princes)–New religions. I.E calvinism

•Led to new ways of thinking•enlightnment Gave people sense of freedom•Individualism 

Religion

•Aiethism and Agnotism became wide spread.•Church follweres lacked confidence in church.•Lessened the power of the church.•The church and state combined•1738 John Wesley founded the Methodist Church.•Methodists part of counter reformation•Enlightenment brought religious tolerance and freedom.

• Blood sports- cock fighting, bull baiting• Games- wealthy people played cards• Sports- horse racing became a professional sport,

modern cricket developed• Theater• Novels • Tavern

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Leisure

Blood SportsCock Fighting- razors were attached to trained roosters, and then the roosters were pit against each other

Bull-baiting- bulls were staked on chains and were attacked by dogs

Theater

By the end of the 18th century, most towns in England had a theater

There was a new found interest in Italian Opera and tragic plays

Novels/Books

The modern novel came about in the 18th century.

However, culture was largely oral rather than written.

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