SDS353R Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mass Society, Human Nature, Cumulate Rock
10 Apr 2016
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European legal and cultural context: family and marriage. Europe in 17 th and 18 th century. Transition from a traditional society based on community and hierarchy. Dynamic period of change, substantial change, not fast moving change. Transition from the medieval period to the modern age (late 1500s) Ultimately lead to change in family law. In this transition, one of the biggest changes, is the rise of political kings and nations, were reorganized on a more local basis, in small town, and controls by powerful knights and nobles. You have the rise of the nation states, local communities unified and are ruled by powerful kings. To a more individualistic, mass society based on wealth. This leads to a more powerful political system and governing power in control, they will seek to maintain their power and maintain a large geographical area. Also have the rise of a capitalist economy, increasing commerce and trade between countries and region.
