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SOCIETY 17TH CENTURY - Coggle Diagram
SOCIETY 17TH CENTURY
In Atlantic Protestant Europe
bourgeois traders prospered through
Craft
Trade
industries
became more powerful
gained access to political positions
became part of the privileged class
Their powerful position
develop trade
generating more wealth
DIVISION OF SOCIETY
The nobility
did not pay any taxes
mainly dedicated their time to
social events
hunting
They had political or military obligations
They lived in palaces
obtained rents or income from their lands
worked by the peasants
The haute bourgeoisie
consisted of
important traders
bankers
high public officials
They continued to prosper
especially in certain countries
The English and Dutch bourgeoisie
gained access to political positions
The petite bourgeoisie
included
artisans
small-scale traders
labourers
disadvantaged by
having to pay taxes
badly affected by the crises
The peasants
the majority of the population
precarious situation
became very vulnerable during agricultural crises
many of them had to resort to begging
The beggars
Increased in number
lived in the cities
had to beg or depend on charity to survive
SPANISH SOCIETY
One of the largest clergies in Europe
The church played an important role
Differences within the nobility
Higher nobility
maintained their
power
social dominance
Lower impoverished nobility
The
Hidalgos
Maintained the privileges
Not paying taxes
They had no assets
Medieval mentality
Praised the virtues of the military orders
rejected manual work
they considered it beneath them
Pecheros
those who paid taxes
consisted of
burgeoisie
hardly grew in number
due to
crisis in trade and craft industries
the poor
the peasants
became poorer
those who owned land
sold it to the nobility
large number of latifundios
large agricultural states
became bandits
took advantage of remotes areas
Andalucia
Aragon
Catalonia
SOCIAL REVOLTS
Monarchs needed to increase their resources
they raised the taxes of
peasants
burgeoisie
In years of bad harvest
violent social revolts
The majority of those who rebelled
peasants
led by discontented
nobels
members of the bourgeoisie
In each kingdom
different motives
France
Politically motivated revolts
British Isles
political motives combined with religious rivalries
Spain
secessionist movements
Catalonia
Portugal
Russia
due to ethnic divisions
In Southern Catholic Europe
the economy barely recovered
The nobility and the clergy
maintained their positions of power
continued to reject
the craft and trade industries
any other manual work they considered undignified
objectives
to live off the rents they received from their
lands
possessions
accumulate noble titles
Different rate at the development of economy
caused social differences
