The People's Health: Early modern era- daily life. Flashcards
what number did the population increase to?
from 2.5 million (1500) to 6 million (1750.)
where did most people live and work?
countryside.
what is the percentage of people who lived in towns?
20%.
in the 16 and 17 century what could bad harvests still lead to?
famine (1590-1620.)
what happened in the 18 century that allowed bad harvests to not lead to famine?
new techniques in farming that meant there was enough food for everyone.
in the 1600 what was the country’s religion and was it important?
yes.
protestant.
what lead to England becoming a protestant country?
reformation.
what did the reformation cause in churches?
church controlled by monarch and monasteries were also dissolved.
what were the new inventions of the time and what did they lead to?
printing press.
microscope.
lead to the spread of discovery of new ideas.
what was the negatives of the new inventions?
people still used old ideas to explain disease. such as: god, four humours, miasma theory and witches.
why was this a time where there was a huge change in the monarchs power?
parliament had more power.
what is an example of where parliament had an increase in power?
executing Charles 1 in 1649 and ruling England between 1649-1660.
what percentage of the population could vote?
3%.
by 1750 what did nobles still own a lot of?
land.
how did we see nobles and the gentry rise up?
nobles sat in the House of Lords.
gentry arose and acted as MP’s or Justices of the Peace.
