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Unit 6 – Change in the Economy and Society:
“The theologian Meric Casaubon argued—in his 1668 book, Of Credulity and Incredulity—that witches must exist because, after all, everyone believes in them. Anything that a large number of people believe must be true.” - Carl Sagan
After reading the Shift in the Economy and Society Section you should understand:
Early modern European social classes, their collective rights and responsibilities
The power and privilege of the aristocracy and how they were maintained.
The struggle of rural peasants to survive.
Shifts in family structure and family economy.
Population growth and the expansion of cities.
The impact of the early Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.
The revolution in consumption.
Witch-hunts in the early modern era.
Ghettos and the status of European Jews.
Textbook Reading Sections
Renaissance section – review p. 51-54
Reformation section p. 97-103
Scientific Revolution Section- p 173-174
Old Regime- p. 180-203
Primary Readings
An English Aristocratic Couple of the Eighteenth Century (image) p 182
Turgot and Hume p. 191-192
Robert Jacques Turgot decries French Land Holdings
David Hume Praises Luxury and the Refinement of the Arts
Secondary Readings
Brewing Becomes a Man’s Profession p. 197
Outside Primary Readings
Christine De Pisan Instructs Women On How To Handle Their Husbands
Priscilla Wakefield Demands More Occupations For Women
The First English Coffeehouses
Belorussian Jews Petition Catherine the Great, 1784
Supportive Secondary Documents
Article- "Functions of festivals in Early Modern Europe." by Ann Schultz (CR1c)
Potential Economy and Society LEQ questions
"In the 15th century, European society was still centered on the Mediterranean region, but by the end of the 17th century, the focus of Europe had shifted north." Identify and analyze the economic, religious and cultural developments between 1450 and 1700 that helped bring about this shift.
"By 1700 it had become evident that Western Europe and Eastern Europe were moving in opposite directions in terms of their basic social structures."
In the 17th century England the aristocracy lost its privileges but retained its power; in 17th century France the aristocracy retained its power but lost its privileges."
Assess the accuracy of this statement with respect to political events and social developments in the two countries in the 17th century
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