Persian Chart: Early Modern West Europe
Political:
· A country, as defined today, is an independent centrally governed territory.
· In Western Europe countries began to arise by the end of the medieval period, with monarchs managing to achieve firm centralized control over large regions.
Early Modern Europe experienced a transition from feudalism to absolutism, where a monarch directly rules an entire with little interference of nobles
· A country, as defined today, is an independent centrally governed territory.
· In Western Europe countries began to arise by the end of the medieval period, with monarchs managing to achieve firm centralized control over large regions.
Early Modern Europe experienced a transition from feudalism to absolutism, where a monarch directly rules an entire with little interference of nobles
Economic:
· Sixteenth-century society carried from one region to the next from class to class, meaning there was no typical Europe or European.
· Peasants made up the majority of the European population and were used by the aristocracy for labor and military service.
· Most village money wen tot taxes, rent, and tithes.
· Towns were market oriented with guilds regulation the conditions of labor.
· The catalyst for economic change was population growth, which lead to economic growth, more labor, increased agricultural productivity and an increase of demand and consequently supply was forced to rise to accommodate.
· Sixteenth-century society carried from one region to the next from class to class, meaning there was no typical Europe or European.
· Peasants made up the majority of the European population and were used by the aristocracy for labor and military service.
· Most village money wen tot taxes, rent, and tithes.
· Towns were market oriented with guilds regulation the conditions of labor.
· The catalyst for economic change was population growth, which lead to economic growth, more labor, increased agricultural productivity and an increase of demand and consequently supply was forced to rise to accommodate.
Religion:
· During this time period the Protestant Reformation was on going which brought up the problems in the church hierarchy.
· A leading idea was that Christian liberty was not just the right to believe without interference but to be able to organize as well.
· The ensuing religious rift this caused led to the “religious wars” which lasted 30 years.
· The end of the war didn’t directly mean religious freedom for all, but did create the emergence of new nation states each one adopting an official religion, be it Catholicism, Lutheranism, and later Calvinism.
· During this time period the Protestant Reformation was on going which brought up the problems in the church hierarchy.
· A leading idea was that Christian liberty was not just the right to believe without interference but to be able to organize as well.
· The ensuing religious rift this caused led to the “religious wars” which lasted 30 years.
· The end of the war didn’t directly mean religious freedom for all, but did create the emergence of new nation states each one adopting an official religion, be it Catholicism, Lutheranism, and later Calvinism.
Society:
· The social construct of the sixteenth-century was one of interlocking sets of hierarchies, from nobility, crafts, urban government, and even household. Status determined ones place in the many hierarchies.
· The society as supposedly split in two however, nobles and commoners, with nobles getting many different advantages over commoners like not having to pay taxes.
· With state expansion and new wealth the social make up experienced some redefining stress. To the positive, more employment and the possibly of mobility, and noble titles increased as the new populations required governing. On the negative the increase in population lead to a larger number of those in destitution, leaving it to the treating of the poor being left to the local communities.
· The social construct of the sixteenth-century was one of interlocking sets of hierarchies, from nobility, crafts, urban government, and even household. Status determined ones place in the many hierarchies.
· The society as supposedly split in two however, nobles and commoners, with nobles getting many different advantages over commoners like not having to pay taxes.
· With state expansion and new wealth the social make up experienced some redefining stress. To the positive, more employment and the possibly of mobility, and noble titles increased as the new populations required governing. On the negative the increase in population lead to a larger number of those in destitution, leaving it to the treating of the poor being left to the local communities.
Inventions, intellectuals, and Innovations:
· Calvin, being legally educated, was one of the leads of the reformation, embracing Conciliarist themes, like the reform of the church and state and freedom of consciousness.
· The printing press revolutionized the way ideas, knowledge, and everything written was shared. Mass production became possible so that anything could be spread quickly and accurately.
· Calvin, being legally educated, was one of the leads of the reformation, embracing Conciliarist themes, like the reform of the church and state and freedom of consciousness.
· The printing press revolutionized the way ideas, knowledge, and everything written was shared. Mass production became possible so that anything could be spread quickly and accurately.
Art/Architecture:
· The renaissance occurred during this time frame shaping all the art and architecture produced.
· Art was religious showing images of the Madonna and Virgin Mary, with many paintings being for altarpieces.
· The architecture was based on new ideas such as perception, infinity, and conceptual clarity, so that a space could be completely understood from one fixed viewpoint.
· The renaissance occurred during this time frame shaping all the art and architecture produced.
· Art was religious showing images of the Madonna and Virgin Mary, with many paintings being for altarpieces.
· The architecture was based on new ideas such as perception, infinity, and conceptual clarity, so that a space could be completely understood from one fixed viewpoint.
Near Geographic:
· Early Modern Europe encompassed all of the European continent as well the united kingdom.
· Early Modern Europe encompassed all of the European continent as well the united kingdom.
Enlightenment Europe
An early printing press
The Cortile del Belvedere in Rome
The Sistine Chapel ceiling painting by Michelangelo
Victor Hernandez
http://www.essential-humanities.net/western-history/early-modern-europe/
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_kishlansky_cw_6/35/9180/2350097.cw/index.html
http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/rfp/essays/christianity-and-religious-freedom-in-the-early-modern-period-1454-1750
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/west/11/FC74
http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art
http://www.european-architecture.info/A-HIST.htm
http://www.essential-humanities.net/western-history/early-modern-europe/
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_kishlansky_cw_6/35/9180/2350097.cw/index.html
http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/rfp/essays/christianity-and-religious-freedom-in-the-early-modern-period-1454-1750
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/west/11/FC74
http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art
http://www.european-architecture.info/A-HIST.htm