HIST 121 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Empiricism, Wild Beasts
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History was a series of stories/ myths/ legends. Different notions of space travelling: 50 miles = days. World is a small space -> victim of the world was limited. Best: democratic, sense of duty, national only after enlightment. Emanated from center of polity (monarch/ small group) with power denied from divinity, hereditary, or tradition. Very little legitimacy depending on his followers liking him. Under the ruler, there was a hierarchy of families (nobility) which derived their power from the centre. Europe was mostly like this -> the nobles and monarchs all knew each other (arranged marriages, visits) Subjects vs citizens common person never saw politics as a duty (cid:862)politi(cid:272)al st(cid:396)atifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)(cid:863) Time was cyclical -> work from sunrise sundown -> life as cycle of birth and death. Year punctuated by church celebrations => religions created their yearly calendar. History was local and a series of stories passed through the generations. Often understood very little outside their town/village.
