Early Modern Europe: Social and Economic change Flashcards
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Historians
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- Mednels coined proto-industrialisation
- Jan de Vries coins the term industrious revolution
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City population growth
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- Amsterdam 41,000 in 1590 o 214,000 in 1790
- Amsterdam first national bank in 1609 and in London in 1694
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cloth industry
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-By the end of the 17th century cloth amounted to 69% of England’s exports and 74% of London’s exports
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Income growth in cities
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- per capita incomes in Western Europe increased by 30% between 1500 and 1700
- French bourgeoisie grew from 700,000 in 1700 to 2.3 million in 1789
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Public health
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- Paris had one fountain for every 10,000 people
- Edinburgh had one fountain for every 30,000 people
- One in three children died before their first birthday in London
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Serfdom still prevalent
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- statute in 1606 in Scotland which bound coal miners to the owners of the mines for life
- mezzadri in Italy
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Education statistics on gender
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- In Venice in 1588 only thirty girls attended school while 4600 boys did
- In Electoral Saxony, 50% of parishes had schools for boys while only 10% had school for girls
