HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gutenberg Bible, Hegemony, Capitalism Ii
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10/25/15 11:43 pm: rise of western europe, 1. Up until 1500, many civilizations/states are largely self-contained. Connection: black death killed 1/3 of europe pop. So land opens up shortage of labor, not enough: feudalism breaks. Leads to shift to capitalism: evidence in construction boom in w. europe. Showed evidence of number of craftsmen who had skills to build them. Evidence of capitalism, labor for hire: marco polo. Symbolic exploration to the east opened up trade into unknown areas. Member of new merchant class who engages in trade and capitalism: 2. Intellectual revolution: spring of universities (connected to religious orders) By 1500, at least 80 universities across europe. Made it possible to copy & distribute other kinds of written works encouraged literacy. Classic greek & roman works that had since been forgotten were reprinted. This revolution limited to those literate, not based on hereditary factors: 3. *these 3 were essential to creation of larger centralized: why europe? states, 1.
