Chapter 18: Life In The Era Of Expansion Flashcards
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Why did people in Western Europe marry later?
- People did not marry until they could start homes and support a family
- laws a traditions discouraged early marriage
How was later marriages an economic advantage?
Older adults who had already accumulated economic capital and could transfer self reliance and skills to the next generation
How did later marriages affect the relationship between the husband and wife?
Their was greater equality between husband and wife
Poor families could usually not afford ______________ for their sons
Apprenticeships
What was the most common job for a girl outside of the home?
Service in other households
Birth control before the nineteenth century was ___________
Unreliable
What was the most common form of birth control?
Coitus interruptus
Why did bad birth control not initially cause a large spike in illegitimate births?
Social pressures to marry if impregnated
Common actions in villages that sought to uphold the economic, social, and moral stability of the close knit community
Community controls
Degrading public rituals used by villages to police personal behavior and maintain moral standards
Charivari
When did the patterns of marriage and illegitimate births shift?
Latter half of the eighteenth century
Why did the number of illegitimate births rise?
- increased ability for young people to choose their partners
- break down of community controls caused an increase in the sexual activity of young people
- fewer men followed through on their promise to marry women they impregnated
What was the reason for the increase in young people’s abilities to choose their own partners?
- social and economic changes made it harder for families and communities to supervise their behavior
- youths who began to work for their own wages had increased freedom
Despite repressive laws, ____________ flourished in the 18th century
Prostitution
Prostitute with wealthy clients that provided them with apartments, clothes, and cash allowances
Courtesans
What was the punishment for same sex relations?, although it was enforced unevenly throughout Europe
Death
The infant mortality rate was _______ and many women died in childbirth
High
How did new enlightenment ideals change the relationship between parent and child?
They emphasized the importance of parental nurturing and education
Breastfed infants had a ________ survival rate
Higher
Women who breastfed another women’s child for money
Wet nurses
Rural wet nursing was conducted within the framework of the ____________ system
Putting out
What country was wet nursing the most prominent in?
France
How did enlightened thinkers feel about wet nursing?
They attacked it
Abortion was _______, dangerous, and rare
Illegal
