HIST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Yemelyan Pugachev, Coitus Interruptus, British Nobility
8 Aug 2013
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Chapter 15 summary: society and economy under the old regime in the 18th. Century: ancien regime (old regime) the life and institutions of pre-revolutionary. Maintenance of tradition: except for early industrial development in britain and the accompanying expansion of personal consumption, 18th century economy was also predominantly traditional. 1-5% of population of any given country; single wealthiest sector of population. British nobility: smallest, wealthiest, best defined and most socially responsible aristocracy resided in great britain, approx. 400,000 nobles were divided between nobles of the sword and of the robe : hobereaux often little better off than wealthy peasants, taille land tax; basic tax of the old regime. Aristocratic resurgence: nobility"s reaction to the threat to their social position and privileges that they felt from the expanding power of the monarchies, tried to preserve their exclusiveness by making it more difficult to become a noble. # of children they had (coitus interruptus withdrawal of the male before ejaculation)
