1. Social CHANGES from Renaissance to 1800
Andrew Noglows

2. Women during Renaissance
Secondary to men Blame put on them for men’s wrongdoings (seductive) Raise children and work at house Couldn’t live alone Property and possessions became their husbands Very few rights Rape not a severe crime

3. Women in 1800 Same as during the renaissance for the most part
More job opportunities
Factories, textile mills
More protection under the law

4. Slavery prior to Atlantic Trade
Slavery is prominent in Europe Turkish Ottomans are the slavers Slaves were people that were conquered in battle or captured Slavery did not have racist feeling that it did in the new world Slaves treated better than in the New World Women traded as sex slaves

5. Atlantic Slave Trade Brought to the new world primarily
Caribbean, brazil get most imports
10-28 million Africans taken into slavery
Triangle Trade
Slavery takes on a racist feeling
Slaves treated horribly by owners and slavers
Bad conditions on slave ships

6. Premarital Sex
Before 1750
Less than 1% of children born out of wedlock
33% of first children concieved before marriage
Community controls: community shaming to prevent illegitimate births
After 1750
Illegitimacy explosion
Illegitimate birth rates rapidly raise to %25+ in parts of Europe

7. Education Gutenberg Bible 1600
Only nobility and upper class children educated
1/6 of French males literate
Bible
1800
2/3 of French males literate
Women becoming more literate
Common peoples education not as advanced as upper class
Bible, fantasies, fairytales, adventure stories
Gutenberg Bible

8. Medicine
More research is conducted Smallpox vaccine is greatest accomplishment Faith healers, pharmacists, surgeons, midwives Less common for women to be involved in medicine compared to men Hospitals were unsafe