People in the elite culture could participate down with the popular culture but the popular culture could not move up without exceptional transformation by education and marriage. The language of the educated became standardized in a nation; dictionaries were begun and the literacy rate rose. On the other hand‚ the popular culture was mainly oral and was much more resistant to change. Wealth produced major differences: The poor largely ate bread‚ cabbages and beans; they lived in crude shelters with
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Perspective can be changed by the slightest interaction or thought. “The Peasant Marey” is a perfect example of how interactions that seem insignificant‚ can in a quick second change a person’s way of thinking. The narrator had lived a pleased life as a young boy. Being the Masters son‚ peasants were not a big deal to him. He knew they were harmless; however‚ his views altered when he got older. He later found himself in prison with a chip on his shoulder thinking he was superior compared to his
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Peasants were at the bottom of the Feudal system and had to obey their local lord to whom they had sworn an oath of obedience on the Bible. Because they had sworn an oath to their lord‚ it was taken for granted that they had sworn a similar oath to the duke. The one thing the peasant had to do in Medieval Europe was to pay out money in taxes or rent.They had to pay rent for his land to his lord; he had to pay a tax to the church called a tithe. This was a tax on all of the farm produce he had produced
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS Q1.Explain what the open field system meant to rural people in 18th century in England from the point of view of (a) A rich man (b) A labourer (c) A peasant women. Ans: Open field system Before the 18th century in large parts of England the country side was open‚ it was not partitioned into enclosed lands privately owned by landlords. Peasants: They cultivated strips of land around the village they lived in. Mixed quality of land: At the beginning f each
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Chapter 19: The Age of Napoleon and the Triumph of Romanticism 1. The of Napoleon Bonaparte a. The chief threat to the Directory came form royalists who hoped to restore the Bourbon monarchy by legal means. Many of the émigrés had returned to France and their plans for a restoration drew support from devout Catholics and from citizens disgusted from the outcome of the revoulution. Monarchy promised stability. b. The spring elections of 1797 replaced most incumbents with constitutional
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The Spartacus revolt is different from the two Sicilian island ones. The slaves revolting were not herdsmen or farmers‚ instead Spartacus led a revolt of gladiators. Gladiators were men who were trained to fight each other to death for the entertainment of Roman public. Gladiators were not never the same amount of treat that a farm slave or same amount of freedom a herdsmen slave would get. The life of gladiators was not a very promising one with the idea you would die for people enjoyment and had
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Idiot Peasants Ungrateful Peasants The colonists are good for one thing: complaining. They cry like babies for what just a few cents on their sugar and stamps‚ when in reality we were HELPING THEM. We made these taxes to defray for the defense of the colonies and to supply the troops. All they do is whine‚ whine‚ whine. They go on all day like fools with that idiot saying… “No taxation without Representation.” 1764-Sugar Act & 1765- Stamp Act Little Brats Somehow these peasants
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of and the responses to the peasants revolt in the German states‚ 1524-1526. Historical Background in late 1524‚ peasants‚ craftsmen‚ and poor soldiers formed bands and pillaged throughout a large area of the Holy Roman Empire. During the revolt‚ some of the rebel bands authored statements of grievances called Articles. Although most bands did not coordinate their activities‚ several groups met in Memmingen‚ Swabia‚ during March 1525 at a gathering known as the Peasant Parliament. After a series
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Wesley Scott February 12‚ 2011 M/W 2:30-3:45 Chapter 17 review questions 1. How did the enlightenment change basic Western attitudes toward the reform‚ faith‚ and reason? First it changed faith because it allowed people to worship anyway they please. The enlightenment set the stage for most of the ideas that are among us today. It also had the thinkers to attempt to discover the ration behind European government. What were the major formative influences on the philosophers? They had a strong
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Causes and Effects of the Extent of the Black Death The Bubonic Plague started in Europe in the fourteenth century. The plague had wiped out nearly one third of the population and did not single anyone out‚ regardless of age‚ gender‚ or religion. All of this occurred as a result of a single fleabite. Bubonic Plague also known as Black Death started in Asia and traveled to Europe by ships. The Bubonic Plague was an infectious disease spread by fleas living on rats which would attached themselves
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