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Society
Society was divided into different classes
Nobility
They didn't pay taxes
They had political or military obligations but
Mainly dedicated their time to social events & hunting
They lived in palaces and obtained rents or income from their lands
Which were worked by the peasants
Haute bourgeoisie
Consisted of important
Bankers
High public officials
Traders
They continued to prosper
Specially in certain countries
Petit bourgeoisie
Included
Small-scale traders
Labourers
Artisans
They were disadvantaged
Paying taxes
Crises affected them badly
The peasants
Formed the majority of the population
They're situation was very precarious
They became very vulnerable in agricultural crisis
Many of them had to resort to begging
The beggars
Who increased in number
They lived in cities
Had to beg or depend in charity to survive
In Southern Catholic Europe
Economy barely recovered
Nobility and clergy maintained their position of power
Continued to reject the craft and trade industries
And any other manual work
They considered undignified
The objective was to live of the rents
They received from their
Possessions
Accumulate noble titles
Lands
Different rates at which economies developed
Caused social differences
In Atlantic Protestan Europe
Bourgeois traders prospered
Through craft an trade industries
They become more powerful
Gained access to political positions
Became part of the privileged class
This enabled them to develop trade
Generating more wealth
