Historical Context

Some Important Colleagues (meaning mostly white Englishmen or Frenchmen):

Sir Isaac Newton Physicist, Mathematician	Thomas Hobbes Philosopher	David Hume Philosopher	Johannes Kepler Astronomer
Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Philosopher, Mathematician	Galileo Galilei Astronomer, Physicist	John Locke Philosopher	Baruch Spinoza Philosopher
William Shakespeare Playwright	The climate of Europe at the time Princess Elizabeth lived was one of discovery and revolution. The 17^th century is considered the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment. The Renaissance had just finished, and the Baroque period started about 1650. Many people had been upset by the huge advancements made in the sciences, especially since Newton’s Principia Mathematica, Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moon, and Kepler’s laws governing the motion of a heliocentric universe. Many began to believe that science held the answer to life, rather than religion, and thought that once science had explained everything, the mysteries of the universe would be solved. Consequently, many philosophers arose out of this movement. It is also the beginning of the Early Modern Period in philosophy.		Anne Conway Philosopher
Anna Maria Van Schurman Philosopher	William Penn Founder of Pennsylvania	Kristina Wasa of Sweden Queen and Philosopher	Princess Sophie Palatine Sister of Elizabeth Duchess of Brunswick
Some Historical Timelines: What Happened When? Philosophy Timeline NM's Creative Impulse Age of Enlightenment

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