DRM100Y1 Lecture Notes - James Burbage, Early Modern Europe, Lynn Townsend White Jr.
8 Oct 2013
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System of land management: king owns lands, bestows upon nobles the right to use lands; nobles control lands, lease out to peasants; peasants do all the farming, pay taxes/tribute. Stirrup allowed for sword-fighting and lancing, changed the world. Aristotelian concept applied both in middle ages and renaissance. Re-emergence of classical rome (and greece, sort of) into early modern europe. Literally: hundreds of books, scrolls, pamphlets are transferred from constantinople and the byzantine empire, imported into italy and the rest of europe. Massive translation projects (e. g. toledo), renewed study of classical texts and ideas. Philosophical investigation: art, architecture, optics, biology, zoology, botany, and geography. Music: beginnings of composition (still within the church), devotional music. Relates to developments in art, culture, philosophy, education. Printing: gutenberg develops movable type, mechanical printing is cheap, easily reproduced, works translated into/written in the vernacular. Discovery of the new world: exploration, trade, colonialism, piracy, war.
