Write an account of how the world appeared different to seventeenth ce

1.	Write an account of how the world appeared different to seventeenth century Europeans.
Answer» The ideas of reformation took hold of many people and the monopoly of the Roman Catholic Church was for ever broken. The few people who were interested, started investigating the world in which they lived. Scientific attitudes developed. Theirs was a radically new view of human beings as free and rational agents. Faith in religious books and priests decreased. Faith in the ability of human beings to know and decide for themselves increased. They showed interest in reading good literature. Europeans were strongly attracted to material wealth, power and glory. Self interests developed. Many of the scientific inventions took place and people started exploring the world and discovered sea routes to different continents.

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