SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Noblesse Oblige, Wiht, Protestantism
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Looks at america as the ideal democratic society. 1805-1859. different because t was not of middle class family. He was from aristocrat. he was emprisoned during french revolution. sad end of a world: this is how. Historical causes conquer. many died and lost tresure. so the group got weaker. 2. townships: they started to emerge. had decion making happening in democratic ways. each member was free: power and authroity are hereditory, force: comannd and obedience. New sources of influence: crusades: the aristocrats thought they needed to got ot palestine to, what was good about the society that existed before ie the aristovratic. 3. invention of modern firearms: before it was horse and armour but now guns outweigth the advantage over teh aritocracy: this changed warfare etc. 4. printing press. before this it was very expensive to create books. so only the rich had access. now it can be mass produced so everybody could read.
