Feudal Crisis and the Origins of the Modern World ( ) I. CRISIS IN EUROPE 1.Epidemics (Plague) 2.Climate Change 3.Wars II. RESPONSE In Agriculture 1. Pressure on Peasants 2. Enclosures 3. Loans In Manufacture Decline of Guilds III. POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS The rise of the Modern State
Population of Europe (Million)
Population of Europe (Million)
Black Death by Pieter Bruegel
Death in Tournai, 1349
Plague Doctor with Mask
Flagellants Constance, Switzerland) Nuremberg Tournai (Flanders) Seventh Seal Ingmar Bergman
Black Death- Burning Jews (1349)
Population of Europe (Million)
Feudal Crisis and the Origins of the Modern World ( ) I. CRISIS IN EUROPE 1.Epidemics (Plague) 2.Climate Change 3.Wars II. RESPONSE In Agriculture 1. Pressure on Peasants 2. Enclosures 3. Loans In Manufacture Decline of Guilds III. POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS The rise of the Modern State
Political Transformations The rise of the modern state Stages in the emergence of the modern state New Institutions New economic policies New Sources of Legitimacy Europe and the world
Two stages 1.The king, feudal lords, the towns, the church seek common solution. 2.Centralized power in monarchies
New Institutions 1. Roman Law 2. Professional Army Hundred Years War ( ) Religious Wars ( ) Thirty Year War ( ) Colonial Wars 3. Financing the State Taxation Sale of offices Tax Farming
A European Army of the Sixteenth Century in Marching Order
Economic policy External Using trade as a means for strengthening the state (Mercantilism ) exports over imports no exp of bullion seek colonies national markets navigation laws control manufacturing and trade Internal Controlling the poor: (Poor Laws)
New Sources of Legitimacy Internal (Empire, nation) International (Westphalia System)
End of the Feudal Order Shift from the Mediterranean to NW Europe Stronger States Decline of religious authority New sources of food, precious metals, raw materials and labor in Americas and Africa
Crisis OttomanMing in Europe Empire Dynasty
Europe Middle East Asia Transformation Econ.Polit. Ottoman Portug. Empire Dutch in SEA End of feudal relations, State Expansion