History 2403E Lecture : Europe - Time and Space
22 Mar 2012
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Building block lecture: time and space in the 1500s ( sept 10th) It was inwardly focused: europe was geographically closed, there was little knowledge of the wider world and of other parts of europe, columbus and other people where traveling, trading and discovering but these. It was regionally focused people were an exception: lower class people did not know about the wider world or care to know, people did not move around. Many would live and die without traveling more than. 20km outside of their area: the elite moved around more because they had to. Their responsibilities required them to move but they still stayed within their region. This would change in the 1700s from an inward focus to an outward one. Italy is not a country but is made up by geographic states. 90% of people live in the country 10% in cities. 1715 this will not be the case due to the protestant reformation.
