Western Civilization - History Of European Society

340Chapter 18 by using large forceps saved many lives but often pro- duced horrifying injuries to the newborn or hemor- rhaging ...

Daily Life in the Old Regime341 infanticide. In central and eastern Europe, many mid- wives were also “killing nurses” who murde ...

342Chapter 18 provinces. As breast feeding normally lasted twelve to eighteen months, only wealthy parents (who could hire a liv ...

Daily Life in the Old Regime343 cantly older ages than those common in the twentieth century. A study of seventeenth-century mar ...

344Chapter 18 bluntly: “The husband and wife are one, and the hus- band is that one.” A compilation of Prussian law under Freder ...

Daily Life in the Old Regime345 Where arranged marriages were still common, the alternative to divorce was separation. The civil ...

346Chapter 18 cult. It had been a crime in England for centuries, nor- mally punished by the pillory, and a public execution for ...

Daily Life in the Old Regime347 The double standard remained a feature of the re- laxed sexual standards. Tribunals assessing se ...

348Chapter 18 for family planning. Knowledge about female means of control, such as douching, also began to circulate in that pe ...

CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Introduction II. The Structures of Government: Monarchy A. The Evolution of Government: Parliaments, Minister ...

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The Structures of Government: Monarchy The basic political characteristic of the Old Regime was—as it had been ...

The Political Evolution of the Old Regime, 1715–89 351 Unto my flock I daily preached Kings were by God appointed, And damned wa ...

352 Chapter 19 in France (served 1726–43), laid the bases of modern ministerial government. The final stage of this evolu- tion ...

The Political Evolution of the Old Regime, 1715–89 353 derly government. This meant that fewer than 250,000 voted—approximately ...

354 Chapter 19 vigorous leadership helped to secure global victories over France and demonstrated the strength of cabinet govern ...

The Political Evolution of the Old Regime, 1715–89 355 riots, killing 285 members of the crowd. Gordon was tried for treason and ...

356 Chapter 19 Lexington and Concord began the military phase of the revolution. Although the British had won a global war in 17 ...

The Political Evolution of the Old Regime, 1715–89 357 ally liberal and enlightened influence on French policy, but she was not ...

358 Chapter 19 court system, formed the center of the resistance (see il- lustration 19.3). The Parlement of Paris ruled that th ...

The Political Evolution of the Old Regime, 1715–89 359 Old Regime reached the levels of 1772–74. The decade between 1777 and 178 ...