HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Holy Water, Early Modern Europe, Individualism
23 Jul 2013
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Experiences of life in early modern europe. Inequality: hierarchies ordained by god, profoundingly unequal, people did not generally questioned, if questioned, repressed. Body politic: one body, head of the body was the king, head of the state. Individualism important: collection of groups with different functions, advisors eyes and ears, Commanders his protectors, soul his priests, peasants his feet. Inflation: value of money decreased- government response to these rising prices- . Witch craze: due to tensions in society. Medieval magic: most pre- modern societies believed in witchcraft- influenced surroundings, life and future, understanding nature before science. Poisons: end of the 15th century, nature of witchcraft changed. Illegal procedures- shift from a acuccsational model: damages, accuser responsible, had to prove case, case could turn on person. Inquisitorial legal procedure: questions and confessing (torture, by the authority, panics , large groups of people participating- 1570s, 1590s, 1610s, How did they end: panics proved something was wrong, events snowballed.
