Unit 2 Migration Flashcards
c1500-c1700
what was the renaissance?
time of cultural change in architecture, art, literature and music that flourished in Italy in the fifteenth century.
what was the reformation?
splitting of the church into catholic and protestant.
- new protestant ways of worshipping and believing came from changes known as the reformation, which began in 1517
how did the reformation spread in europe
1517-german monk called Martin Luther published a protest against corruption of catholic church snd chllenged authoriy of chrch in rome.
-luthers ideas spread through printed pamphlets and books.
how were ideas of humanism spread in europe
invention of mechanical printing in germany 1440 spread new ideas of humanism across europe.
how did the reformation occur in england
king henry viii made hiself supreme head of the church in 1530s so he could divorce catherine of aragon. opened path to enlish reformation.
-his son edward vi made england fully protestant.
two most important migrants in 1549
- Martin Bucer from Germnay
- Peter Vermigli from Italy
- professors of divinity at Cambridge and Oxford
what did queen elizabeth do to help protestant migration
- didn’t want a rigid interpretation of Protestantism
- different groups of foreign Protestants able to set up their own Churches
- Protestant refugees begin to arrive at the start of her reign
- Religious disagreements caused conflict in Europe
- Prots fled
what was trade and empire like?
- english traders were looking for new markets further away
- wool trade was the best in Europe
- woold trade was declining in 1550
- wool and cloth were less popular
privateers and trade
- england had a larger navy
- trading boats were used to attack and rob enemy ships
- called privateering rather than piracy
transatlantic slave trade
- enslaved people taken to plantations in the Americas
- John Hawkins started England’s involvement with slavery in 1562
- largest forced migration in history
joint stock companies and empire
- new type of organisation formed to bring investors together to fund a joint stock company
- raiding for goods like precious metals, silks and spices
the levant company
- originally merchants trading in the middle east
- queen negotiated access for these merchants in the ottoman empire
- levant copany formed in 1592
- company prosperoud until 1750
east india company
- formed in 1600s
- started exploring direct trading connections with spice markets of asia
- 1630, merchants changed tactics and set up trading centres in mainland india
- major bases Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
royal african company
- first company set in 1660, royal african company took over in 1672
- company built forts along the coasts of west africa
- enslaved africans, transported across atlantic to english plantation colonies in west indies.
how many foreign immigrants were in london in the early 16th century
3000
two particular immigrants who were hated
- Francesco de Bardi (an italian merchant)
- Joh Meautys (french immigrant and royal secretary)
who began the protest against foreigners?
john lincoln - a second hand goods dealer
when was the evil may day riot
May 1517