HY 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Subsistence Agriculture, 18 Months, Edward Jenner
31 Aug 2016
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European social order in he ancient regime: a question of historiography (the history of history, who is the proper object of historical inquiry. People who do history to others: demographics, 1. Population in europe grew from 1700s and on. 20 million in 1700s to 90 million in 1900. Society where record keeping wasn"t that big of a deal. Churches are always first targets when blowing up a town. Based on the surviving records: births, deaths and population growth. Population growth comes from either more children are being born and living, or people were living longer. Increased nutrition, better food choices, people could get better medication and not die of disease. Crops such as maze (american corn, indian corn) were a bad idea. New world crop much better than maze: potatoes: marriage and children. Average marriage age across europe: 27 years old for women, 29 years old for men. Expected to start your own household when get married.
