CH. 18 Flashcards

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Community Controls

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A pattern of cooperation and common action in a traditional village that sought to uphold the economic, social, and moral stability of the closely knit community.

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Charivari

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Degrading public rituals used by village communities to police personal behavior and maintain moral standards.

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Illegitimacy Explosion

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The sharp increase in out-of-wedlock births that occurred in Europe between 1750 and 1850, caused by low wages and the breakdown of community controls.

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Wet-Nursing

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A widespread and flourishing business in the 18th century in which women were paid to breast-feed other women’s babies.

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Blood Sports

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Events such as bullbaiting and cockfighting that involved inflicting violence and bloodshed on animals and that were popular with the 18th century European masses.

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Carnival

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The few days of revelry in Catholic countries that preceded Lent and that included drinking, masquerading, dancing, and rowdy spectacles that upset the established order.

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Just Price

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The idea that prices should be fair, protecting both consumers and producers, and that they should be imposed by government decree if necessary.

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Consumer Revolution

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The wide-ranging growth in consumption and new attitudes toward consumer goods that emerged in the cities of northwestern Europe in the second half of the 18th century.

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Pietism

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A Protestant revival movement in early-18th century Germany and Scandinavia that emphasized a warm and emotional religion, the priesthood of all believers, and the power of Christian rebirth in everyday affairs.

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Methodists

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Members of a Protestant revival movement started by John Wesley, so called because they were so methodical in their devotion.

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Jansenism

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A sect of Catholicism originating with Cornelius Jansen that emphasized the heavy weight of original sin and accepted the doctrine of predestination; it was outlawed as heresy by the pope.

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