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History 111 Spring 2021:

Introduction to Medieval and Early Modern Western Civilization

Fifteenth Module Writing Assignment

Primary Source Analysis Questions (40 Points)

Due: Friday, May 14, 2021

Module Fifteen Video Lecture: The Scientific Revolution and the European Enlightenment

First Primary Source: Galileo's Starry Messenger

This is the first of three primary sources assigned to help students complete the learning activities for this final module.

Second Primary Source: Excerpts from Rousseau's Social Contract

This is the second of three primary sources excerpts assigned to help students complete the learning activities assigned for this final module.

Third Primary Source: Condorcet: Future Progress of the Human Mind

This is the last of the three primary sources assigned to help students complete this final module's learning activities

Galileo Galilei’s Starry Messenger

Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract

Condorcet, Future Progress of the Human Mind

· Does Rousseau’s “Social Contract” describe a governance system consistent with the Magna Carta? The aims of the rebelling English Peasants in 1381? The English Bill of Rights? Does it grant more or fewer rights to individuals?

· Based upon what we have studied this semester, do you consider Condorcet’s assertions about the progress of the human mind to have been justified? Why or why not?