HSTR 342A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Baltic States, Toleration, Protestant Work Ethic
13 Oct 2018
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Eastern europe and europe of the periphery (cid:862)peripheral(cid:863) europe. Finland and the baltic states not yet independent from russia (contiguous) De(cid:374)(cid:373)a(cid:396)k (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:395)ue(cid:396)s no(cid:396)(cid:449)a(cid:455) afte(cid:396) the (cid:1007)(cid:1004) (cid:455)ea(cid:396)s" (cid:449)a(cid:396: essentially a colonial land for the danes. Iceland and greenland too: follow the prussian model of absolutism, slides into decline after 1760. Sweden: leads europe in military affairs, vies with russia over baltic area, nobility dominates economic activity, peasants get a bit more power (cf. Switzerland 4th estate: on decline in 18th century. Spain, portugal, italian peninsula: monarchies combined with strong powers of the catholic church, powerful people = owners of large estates incl. churches, very different economy, almost feudal, therefore market economy is relatively weak. Spain and portugal: spain is in decline, cf. In the 17th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)(cid:455), it"s still (cid:271)ig e(cid:374)ough to th(cid:396)eate(cid:374) eu(cid:396)ope (cid:271)ut is(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:374)o(cid:396) at its prime anymore. A different era: overwhelming importance of religion.
