Cultural stuff Flashcards
How do individuals rights differ from today
no individual freedom and mostly belong to a group
Percent nobles population and their land ownage
1 percent of population owning 1/4 of the land
Who becomes the richest commoners
Commerce merchants
What are the two denominations of British nobles
House of Lords. House of Commons
What is the house of the Lords
They have a larger influence on laws
What is the House of commons
Commerce focused
Difference between French and Britain nobles
French are more split, dont pay taxes and are fancier
What are the groups of French Nobles
Nobles of Swords, Nobles of Robes
What is the older group of the French Nobles
Nobles of the Swords, apparently descendants of the Crusaders
What are the Nobles of the Robes
Get to be it by serving in government well
What is 2 small subset of Nobles in france
Court Nobles and Country nobles aka Hoberquex
How are the east european nobles different
power over the life and death of surfs, absolute lords of their land
How do the french nobles get paid
through fuedal dues from peasant tennants
What was the noble reaction to the growing monarch
Aristocratic resurgance
How did Nobles protect positions
Made it harder to become a noble. Made all military’s, church and government officials nobles. uses existing institutions such as parliament to limit the power of the monarch. and improved financial positions by collecting forgotten taxes from medieval dues
Examples of old new medieval taxes used by nobles
Banalites (bread tax) and work tax
What was the peasant revolt
Pugachevs rebellion in Russia in 1773-1776, crushed by Catherine the Great
What was the womens main concern in europe at the time
leaving parents home and working enough to have adewut dowry to marry in her 20s
What is a Dowry
an economic value brought by women when married
What was the education rate at this time
90 percent of people did not have formal education
Where did Agricultural revoltion start
Netherlands in late 1690
Why does the Agricultural revolution start where it did
Because of the neccessity for more food for the growing population of Netherlands
What 2 countries made large advances in Agriculutre
netherlands and Britian
Who creates Iron Plow
Jethro Tull
Who creates crop rotation system
Charles Turnip towns
What did crop rotation system replace and why
Follow feild system was used before, led to the ability to use all of the land at the same time rather than wait
What is the most important ingredient in the ag rev, how did it help
Clover, provides food for animals, and replaces nutrients fast
Who creates selective breeding
Robert Bakewell
What spread the information of ag rev
Athrur young edidted the Animals of Agriculure, which spread the news
What was the main producer of agriculure at the time
small farms, ineffecient