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LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME
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Determining factors: social status, wealth, gender, location, religion Growing gap between rich & poor Increasing importance of education Separation of elite & popular cultures LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Large, multi-roomed homes windows & mirrors utensils & furnishings specialized rooms LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Access to great variety of food development of cuisine
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Lifestyles of the not-so Rich and Famous Small, dark cottages no glass windows no separation of rooms often lived with livestock LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Limited variety of food
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New products, new pastimes Growing popularity of new products coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate tobacco & alcohol LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Coffee houses & taverns
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Increasing Urbanization Fueled by growth of wealthy classes demand for consumer goods led to more artisans, shopkeepers demand for professionals expanded middle class LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME
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Increasing Urbanization Effects on middle & upper classes Increased wealth Improved housing Increased access to education & professional opportunities LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME
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Increasing Urbanization Effects on lower classes Increased poverty Crowded & unsanitary living conditions Increased drunkenness & disorder LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Increased promiscuity, prostitution & child abandonment
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Elite and Popular Cultures Popular Culture Mostly oral, but spread of literacy led to publication of books for masses Fairs, carnivals, sports = sources of entertainment LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Continued belief in witches, demons, superstition, folk remedies, old traditions
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Elite and Popular Cultures Elite Culture Entertainment based on classics, literature, high art ballet, opera, symphony & theaters Increasingly turned to reason, science, professional medicine LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME
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