HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Sistine Chapel, Castrato, Falsetto
23 Jul 2013
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Background to the enlightenment: england and france, austria, prussia and russia, tilt towards the east. France: development of an absolute monarchy, strong united state with no religious divisions, revoked edict of nantes in 1605. Its army- discipline- forcibly took mercenaries to join the army: divided into several groups, high nobility -> (grandes, the peers) Increasing separation: new ideas, husband and wife joined in love and not by economic necessities, bourgeoisie dived work at home, gendered- even more pronounced. Centered around the king, spoke french (cultural center at the: the bourgeoisie time), superior to others. Read the newspapers, discuss news, literacy spiked, people reading more and more. Confirmed old ideas- reading encountering something new and: cities- reading room different- exploring something. Access to new books presenting new ideas. Development of public opinion: opera- highly popular art forms, revealed gender norms- women prohibited to sing and perform on stage. Men sang in falsetto, women sang anyways, men who were castrated sang.
