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THE EARLY MODERN AGE
INTRODUCTION
began in 1453
Fall of Constantinople
ended in 1789
French revolution
a lot of changes
cultural
social
economic
political
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
European societies experienced a recovery
Intensified commercial activity
increase in agriculture
surplus in production
sold in the markets
excess of food production
were trade routes
connected distant places
made by merchants or travellers
Increased agricultural production
increase the land under cultivation
no technological advances
three-field system was maintained
cultivate land in three sections
one was left fallow
main crops were cereals
main source of economic activity
societies were vulnerable
bad crops
diseases
hunger
the expansion of craftsmanship
products made in workshops
were controlled by associations
guilds
domestic system was made
voyages of exploration
new products were bought
metals
spices
food
the development of mercantile capitalism
capital belong to private owners
The Early Modern Age
development of banking
creating new forms of payment
the bill of exchange
a document
guaranteed the banker would pay
no necessary to travel with cash
providing loans
lean money in exchange
return the same money plus an interest
financed trading companies
MORE INFORMATION
people ate with their hands
Catherine de Medici started the tradition
it was in the French court
It was not popular in Spain
They did not wash
they thought it spread disease
was impure
rubbed themselves with cloth
perfume neutralised bad smells
women less important than men
main function give birth
high mortality rate
no breastfeeding
was made by wet nurses
SOCIAL CHANGE
economic prosperity
the population increased
reduction of epidemics
cities grew
society was divided
classes were created
priviledged class
formed by
cleregy
nobility
minority
owned most land
high political positions
priviledges
no taxes
private tribunals
lived in castles or in the city
unprivileged class
the majority of the population
no priviledges
pay taxes
no high political positions
two groups
peasants
burgeoisie
city inhabitants
no feudal lord
developed during this age
diferences
upper burgeoisie
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petite burgeoisie
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