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SOCIETY - Coggle Diagram
SOCIETY
Southern Catholic Europe
Economy barely recover
Society divided in classes
The nobility
did not pay any taxes
dedicated their time to hunting and social events
They lived in palaces
obtained rents or income from their lands,
The haute bourgeoisie
important traders and
bankers
high public officials
The petite bourgeoisie
artisans
Small scale traders
Paid taxes
The peasants formed the majority of the population
The beggars
Atlantic Protestant Europe
Bourgeois traders became powerful
Monarch needed money
Rised taxes
Peasants revolted