HISA04H3 Lecture Notes - Early Modern Europe, Atlantic Revolutions, Denis Diderot
Document Summary
Peoples identities was associated with their guild/religion/region. This changed to identification with the country british , french . Membership was foundation of their work and social life, identity: examples: guilds. Before the revolutions, there was an assumption of natural and social inequality. This began to change: there was the start of human rights: there was less difference between social classes, there may be natural inequalities (strength, intelligence) but there should not be social inequality. This was not perfect: women and slaves still did not have equality. People began to question god s rule in choosing leaders. Being a part of a corporate bodies meant that you were linked to duties. Duty to king, religion became less important: people began to gain more freedom. Before revolutions, news spread slowly and unreliably. The american revolution didn t have a widespread effect like the french. It did show that a country can gain freedom from another.
