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THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION, THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, ENLIGHTENMENT IN…
THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
Fallow method
Some land was left uncultivated
To allow the soil to regenerate
Was eliminated
Continuous crop rotation
Was implemented
With species such as legumes
Was based on
Introducing crops that replenished the soil
The field was not left fallow
It could be used as food for livestock
Products from the Americas
Were grown
Tomatoes, potatoes and corn
The shoeing
Of draft horses
Was improved
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Scientific method
Research method
Based on observation and experimentation
Empiricism
Francis Bacon
Shouldn't accept reasoning
If it couldn't be validated
Through observation and experimentation
Rationalism
Truths established by authority and tradition
Should be criticised
Reason was the only valid criterion
René Descartes
ENLIGHTENMENT IN SPAIN
New educational institutions
Academies
Important institutions
Protected by the king
In defence of certain aspects of culture
Academia de la Lengua Española
Sociedades Económicas de Amigos del País
Stimulate study and experimentation
To improve agriculture and artisan industries
The Aragonese and the Bascongada societies
