[HIST 274] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (46 pages long!)
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Hist 274: cultural history of modern france, jan. 9, 2017. Introduction: cultural history, social history, basic sociology. Institutions of culture: 18th century opera, aristocratic saloon, aristocratic dress. In between these two groups were middle groups like lawyers: middle groups lived in towns and cities, politics. In 1724, he became of age to govern: he was called the well-beloved . It was a disaster, and france had to turn its north american colonies over to britain, as well as some parts of india: however, it gained a huge increase in its national debt. 3: made the minister of finance, set out to reform the tax system, stopped the sale of offices, he tried to improve market conditions and increase revenue for the. Hist 274: cultural history of modern france, jan 12, It was a movement in itself: the enlightenment, part of the enlightenment was opposed to aristocratic society, while some of it was neatly integrated, empirical natural science and natural law.
