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Opening Day Notes18:24When: 1350-1800 Early Modern PeriodBegins w/ Black Death/ RenaissanceLuther, Gutenburg, ColumbusEnds w/ The EnlightenmentRobespierre & NapoleonWhen: The Now and The NewEmbraced by 18th C, Not 15th CAlso…Secularism, Nation States, & CapitalismSlow Acceptance/GrowthChanges in Religion Political Authority Vision of Globe View of HumanityCOURSE OF CLASSRenaissanceDiscovery of AmericasReformationScientific RevolutuionAbsolutismEnlightenmentFrench revolutionEnd GameUniqueness of The Past“The Past is a foreign Country, they do things differently there”LEARN HOW HISTORY IS CREATED
Death of the Dark Ages/ The Medival Inheritance18:24The Middle Ages476-1350High Middle Ages900-1350InheritanceBalanceThe Medival Inheritance12th C Golden AgeSocial StructureThose who pray (CLERGY)Those who fight (NOBLES)Those who work (PEASANTS)Agricultural SocietyPower in LandMedival RenaissancesCarolingian Ren. 8th-9th C12th C RenaissanceFlourishing of LearningRediscovery of AristotleCentered in CourtsStabilityA Golden AgeWarming Trend***3 Field Crop RotationNew toolsNew foodsPopulation (Estimated) 950AD 25 million, 1250AD 75 millionLittle Disease
Death of the Dark Ages/ The Medival Inheritance18:24The First ReformationGregory VII & Innocent IIIProfessional ClergyGrowing Religious OrdersRegulation of Society: HeresyA persecuting society? Separating groups of people (Segregation)Religious ExpansionCrusades: 1095, 1147, 1187, 1202, 1217, 1228, 1248, 1270, 1271Spanish ReconquistaJohn of Plano Caprino: 1245William Rubruck: 1253John of Montecorvino: 1275Tries to convert PersiaCommercial ExpansionUrbanizationMore MerchantsMany Were Jews and were questioned by society1158 Hanseatic LeagueNorthern Trading GroupNorthern Italy (Center) Genoa & VeniceOut of the EastGood Times= Luxury GoodsSilk, Paper, Porcelain, and SpicesSpices: Food & MedicineSilk Road: 1000-1300***Marco PoloMerchant Family1271-1295
Death of the Dark Ages/ The Medival Inheritance18:24Went on a trading adventure to the EastBecomes a Mongol Official [in Khan]1298 captured by benois and writes “The Travels”Dies in 1324Clouds LoomTrade Routes BlockedMongol Empire FadesRise of Islamic PowersLittle Ice AgeContraction [of Golden Period]Pressure of LansStop Crop RotationMono-Culture WheatCold & WetAgrarian CrisisCrop Failure: 1308-1320Famine: 1304, 1305, 13091315-14 15% Die of StarvationAnimal Disease 1316-1325Cattle/SheepOrigins of PlagueNative to Asia: Gogi DesertDownside to Trade1330s hit China, by 1400 population drops 30%1346 Caffa1347 hits ItalyUnderstanding PlagueYersina Pestis: Bacterial Strain
Death of the Dark Ages/ The Medival Inheritance18:24Lives in FleasPreconditionsRight Weather, right Carriers