HIST1077 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Black Death
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Maps, boundaries, and ordering of the early modern world. Contexts for european expansion: recovery from disease. A. 1. b) after 1/3 of all people died in europe , the society needed to recover long distance trade and interconnection was severed. A. 2. move to small political units built around lords (feudalism) A. 2. b) tem began the reconstitution of society societies were small built around castles and a hierarchical political sys- B. 1. b) common belief held at institutions of higher learning squeezed places and biblical references together. B. 2. b) view had changed they had the technology before to create accurate maps, but no desire too because of their religious centric world view. B. 2. c) peoples views being to change from 1300 (inaccurate) to 1579 (accurate maps) Maps become more accurate as state formation becomes more prevalent (1500s) State consolidation: how do you get to the point where a state can muster the resources to send columbus on his mission, consolidation of spain.
