The Renaissance

What do we call the period of European history when ancient Greek and Roman ideas became fashionable, among the rich and educated?

What period of change led to a decline in the churches authority?

Which organisation was set up in 1660 in Britain by educated people who wished to discuss new ideas?

Who was professor of surgery at Padua university, Italy in 1543?

Which book did Andreas Vesalius publish that included drawings of muscles, nerves, organs and skeletons based upon dissections?

Galen said the heart had a septum with holes in it, what did Vesalius prove?

Galen said that the liver had five parts or lobes, what did Vesalius prove?

Galen said the lower jaw was made up of two bones, what did Vesalius prove?

Galen said the sternum had seven parts, what did Vesalius prove?

What was invented in Germany in the mid-15th century that made it easy to produce copies of Vesalius' work quickly and cheaply?

Which Englishman proved that Galen was wrong about veins and blood?

What did William Harvey discover about veins?

What did William Harvey discover about how blood is manufactured?

What did William Harvey discover about how blood is manufactured?

What book did Harvey publish in 1628?

What did Harvey say the heart acted as?

Why were Harvey's ideas not accepted by many people at the time?

Which Dutch scientist developed better lenses for microscopes?

When Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek used his improved microscopes he discovered bacteria, what did he call bacteria in a letter to the Royal Society in 1673?

Why did Harvey's and Vesalius' work have little impact on medicine and treatment in the renaissance?