HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peon, Salutary Neglect, The Cabildo
Document Summary
Enlightenment : in terms of technology, work, lifestyle, science, social hierarchy, and culture (as well as mass culture) Power by oil, coal, nuclear vs. water power. Idea of history and progress vs. things don"t change, end of time. Angry youths riot over the draft during the 1960s. Does this event have characteristics of a revolution: ans: no. Produces fundamental social or political change (new economic or political system) Secular leaders involvement with the church in business endeavors: luther refuses to help -- ? spoke out against peasants rising up against feudal lords. John calvin: switzerland: predestination predetermined good or bad to go to heaven or hell, idea of moral reform make society a more moral and better place. Huguenots: france: persecuted for their beliefs, french political louis xiv, nobles revolting and rejecting the power of the king and pope. English reformation: 1533: henry viii, william and mary 1688. Political legacy: emergence of early republics and democracies.
