... an extent. It is up to individuals how they view the evidence and decide on whether the Copernican Revolution was indeed revolutionary. The reason that this revolution was named after Nicolai Copernicus is because he was seen as the first person to essentially disagree with the church with reference to cosmology, as those before him had been too afraid to speak out against the then supreme power. The Copernican Revolution occurred during the Renaissance period, which was from the 14th century to the middle of the 16th century. This period, meaning re-birth, saw a great change in man's attitude towards authority, with the first ideas of liberty and freedom introduced. Therefore the era fits hand in hand with the Copernican Revolution which was all about the changing of trains of thought. Of the reasons which lead us to believe that the Copernican Revolution was truly revolutionary, a central one would ...

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