A History of Modern Europe - From the Renaissance to the Present

6 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries protected residents against bandits and disease (during times of plague ...

Medieval Continuities At the Crossroads of Cultures Europe stood at the crossroads between civilizations and religions (see Map ...

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Medieval Continuities 9 reduced to a small area straddling the straits between Asia and Europe, which included its capital, Cons ...

10 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries The clergy had many roles, serving as priests, teachers, judges, nurse ...

Medieval Continuities 11 plowing was to begin. Such councils coexisted with the seigneurial authority of lords. At least a fifth ...

12 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries obligations; likewise, a king or lord could punish a vassal who neglec ...

Medieval Continuities 13 their authority, the monarchies of Western Europe gradually brought the feu­ dal era to a close. A Subs ...

14 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Peasants Wedding (1568). On that special ...

Medieval Continuities 15 Beer was limited to northern Europe, particularly the German states, Eng­ land, and Scandinavia. Agricu ...

16 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries The growth in the European population during the medieval period depen ...

Medieval Continuities 17 Storytellers, both amateur and professional, kept oral traditions of pop­ ular culture alive at a time ...

18 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries Religious holidays and festivals interspersed the calendar year, still ...

The Emergence of Early Modern Europe 19 which have not changed since the late Middle Ages. The basic layout of three Scandinavia ...

20 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries Table 1.1 The European Population in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Cen ...

The Emergence of Early Modern Europe 21 itance and the protection of family property by leading to the appearance of unanticipat ...

22 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries Bankers sitting behind their banco (counter) doing business. extractio ...

The Emergence of Early Modern Europe^23 In the cottage (domestic) industry, merchant-capitalists put out spinning, weaving, and ...

24 Ch. 1 • Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries networks of towns. However, even there town dwellers remained a relati ...

The Emergence of Early Modern Europe 25 Town governments were dominated by oligarchies of rich merchants, guild masters, and pro ...