HIST 2510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Habsburg Monarchy, Early Modern Europe, Thomas Robert Malthus
24 Dec 2015
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Europe, 1648 growth in size and power of nation states; growth in population, consumption, and causes for war influence the continent during this time. Thirty years" war (1618-48) started as a dynasty struggle, evolved into religious struggle (protestant v. catholic), evolved into territorial struggle incredibly destructive, first general. European war, central europe devastated ends in peace of westphalia (1648) which establishes fixed borders, each state allowed to define their own national religion, nations introduce large standing armies for fear of future conflict. Dutch interested in overseas finance, british in overseas possession. This peace of hapsburg also shifts the balance of european power to the northwest and shifts attention to the overseas markets. Rise of europe (1740-1789): france, britain and the netherlands dominant in overseas trade, new imports (coffee, tobacco, silk, spice, etc. ) Age of first consumer revolution , in. Agricultural and military revolutions, 1750-1800: more food means more work intense period of experimentation in britain, then.
