HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Crop Rotation, Industrial Revolution
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Recognize 18th century rural europe little changed since the medieval times. 80% of people in western europe earned money off the land (exception of holland) For every 5 bushels only 1 was sewn in po valley, italy france even less. Said the living could barely carry the dead . 1727-1739 road spread with dying bodies. Eastern europe serfs still exist no incentive to improve land. Because if improvements were made they would be made to work longer to make even more. Which all surplus goes to the landlord. Netherlands great sea power and highly populated. Early signs of urbanization provoking capitalist farmers. Pockets of urbanization with farmers growing more to meet demand. Resistance to improvements to prevent nobles demanding more of the peasantry. Small peasant landowners of france lacked money to have large improvements. Britain caught on the revolution of agriculture. Prior to 1704 lack of desire for improvement. 1760"s and on more landowners became interested in improvements.
