HST 111 Lecture : Early Modern Europe- Lecture 1
12 Sep 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
A retroactively idea that is applied, we only use this term when referring to the past. References began after wwi, became popular in the 1980s in textbooks. Referred to the term between medieval and modern. Defined as beginning at about the italian renaissance. Modern aspects of early modern - scientific method, growth of bureaucratic state, capitalism (global market place), printing press (growth of literacy) Lacking: industrialization, the nation-state norm, mass democracy, dominance of. A concept that goes back to classical greece, not used very much until the beginning of the 1700s. Initially referred to christendom. which did not include much of spain, balkans/asia minor, the baltic, much of scandanavia. But, dissipates because of lack of religious unity. As time goes on, people thihnk of themselves as more than just christians. Rise of scientific worldview also contributes to dissipation of.
