HIST 015 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dutch Empire, Eurocentrism, Tropical Year
23 Oct 2016
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Let there be light - ucr seal analysis. Historical thing like looking into the light compared to the darkness of the past. You will learn the light and you will spread the light: positive perspective. Pre enlightenment world: god king nobility peasantry. You see this is a very hierarchical system and premised on god being the provider of rights on this period. People on the bottom have the least rights, therefore least connected to god. The importance of merchants starts to grow (ex: dutch empire based on trading) and these merchants aren"t nobility nor peasantry, but can still be wealthier than nobles. Increasing number of artists who also don"t fit the old order. Most of these artists work through patronage, kind of like kept pets of the king you live with the king and paint for him or you live w/the church and paint for them. Rising number of intellectuals (rousseau, john locke, robes pierre, thomas.
