1. Medieval Europe History
... and in many countries the middle class effectively disappeared. The problem of classifying Indians also became a great point of contention, as those who supported their place as what Aristotle called Natural Slaves come to intellectual blows with those who felt that the natives had the capability to become civilized, mainly the Franciscan missionaries. These debates set the stage ... a break with Aristotelian science in Copernicus" On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Orbs, 1543 C.E. Often pinpointed as the beginning of the scientific revolution, this daring intellectual move turned Aristo...
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