HST 111 Lecture Notes - Usury, Erasmus Programme, Oligarchy
8 Feb 2014
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Tried to convince others to join: began in eastern europe in modern day hungary, groups of people both men and women would gather to repent, group of 200 to 300 people, march from town to town for 33. 5 days (the age of jesus, marching in bare feet and dressed in sack cloth, wick themselves and throw themselves on the ground. > landlords were not happy the peasants were taking advantage of land for labour: got the king to pass laws to prevent the peasants from taking over, statue of laborers 1351, peasants had to stay where they were preventing them from moving to other farms, no negotiating for better deals, affixes wages so all wages are the same as they were prior to the black death, landlords would break the law in order to get more laborers. Geographical: humanism, human condition, humanist education, practical questions, civic humanism, education to be a better citizen.
