HIS241H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Crop Rotation, Scientific Revolution, Petrarch
LECTURE 1
Tuesday, July 3: Introduction to the course / Cultural, Political, Social and
Economic Setting. Europe in 1789.
Transition to modernity
- Industrialization, cities, mass migration, communication and transportation, the
distance in Europe is shrinking very quickly in this century – faster, easily, safer to travel
across Europe.
- Increased economic relations betw countries – colonialism, imperialism, cultural and
social interaction.
-Middle class appears and class systems diminishes, rise of working class, identity,
individualism, idea of being a valuable member of society, and having rights.
- Lead to fascism, communism, Nazism, and the EU
-Social displacement and alienation – for centuries, societies were organized in the same
way, but this changes in the 19th c. Ppl start to seek other forms of connected when they
are socially displaced.
-Nationalism; the rise and of racism which get ideological justification in the 19th c.
-Individualism – state exists for you, legal rights and political rights, identity
- Modern political parties
Things that effect today the most:
Evolution of European politics, economy, identity, culture, thought, society -
French revs, political parties, industrial revs, nation states
Revolutionary Change
- The changes that take place within one person’s lifetime is so great – technology,
opportunity of work and education, transportation – a massive gap betw generations
- Societal response: often negative, because the changes are faster in revolution, abrupt
change that may be difficult to deal with at once – system overload, fearful. Differing
opinions on the value of what is gained and what is lost.
[Film review: How faithful is the fil to the narratives according to historians? How is it aberrant?
Why do you think the filmmaker made these choices? What is the potential bias of the film, and
why?]
1347-1789
- Mentality of the middle ages was different: religious, obedient, temporality of life, less
desire for change
-Black Death, 1347-49: trauma of high mortality (60% in cities), disruption of societal
structure (communal, individual, econ)
- Individual pursuit of salvation: the church is now failing – god’s punishment is the black
death, and therefore eroded the power of the church within society – own path for
salvation now popular:
-Humanism, Renaissance, and Antiquity:
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Document Summary
Tuesday, july 3: introduction to the course / cultural, political, social and. Industrialization, cities, mass migration, communication and transportation, the distance in europe is shrinking very quickly in this century faster, easily, safer to travel across europe. Increased economic relations betw countries colonialism, imperialism, cultural and social interaction. Middle class appears and class systems diminishes, rise of working class, identity, individualism, idea of being a valuable member of society, and having rights. Lead to fascism, communism, nazism, and the eu. Social displacement and alienation for centuries, societies were organized in the same way, but this changes in the 19th c. ppl start to seek other forms of connected when they are socially displaced. Nationalism; the rise and of racism which get ideological justification in the 19th c. Individualism state exists for you, legal rights and political rights, identity. Evolution of european politics, economy, identity, culture, thought, society - French revs, political parties, industrial revs, nation states.
