HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Feudalism, Girondins, Basic Law
Document Summary
Fundamental principles upon which the ancien regime was built was described by political observers and activists as being unfair, unjust, irrational and unnatural traditions, perceptions and ideas associated with the old regime. Points of demarcation significant event in european history, broke from. New ideas in their place were driven by enlightenment ideals. Enlightenment ideals travelled across the continent becoming europe-wide. However natural rights, & popular sovereignty generated into a new kind of tyranny (napoleon) Least numerous, influence of rationalism made the roman catholic church an. 1) extremely unattractive career choice for spiritually conscious men and women poorly cultivated. Controlled lands exempt from regular forms of taxation, and these lands were. Dramatic variations in wealth and status within the clergy. Aristocratic clergy often didn"t visit these lands, preferred to stay in the courts because the idea of clerical living didn"t appeal to aristocrats.
