Good evening!

Welcome to the 5th installment of "The history of the Western World" as told by students who didn& #39;t get it quite right.

Remember: I have permission from the students to share this material.

Tonight: The History of France and the Scientific Revolution!
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Just in case you& #39;re wondering - The French Revolution will get its own thread under the category of the 18th century. (which is next up after this thread).

Here we go:
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Charles VII was the ruler who kicked chivalry in the butt.

Louis XIV had a religious revitalism in his middle ages. The Edict of Nantes gave political rights to the Huguenots that were not compatible with the road that France was going down.

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In the past, science was a new phenomenon with not much explanation to it. The Reformation and the Renaissance provided the intellectual and political impetus to expose loopholes in the Catholic Church.

Copernicus fitted in the mainstream of the High Renaissance.

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Not too much for tonight (students didn& #39;t make too many "bloopers" in these categories).

Tomorrow: the 18th century and the French Revolution!

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