Early Modern European Peasant Life: ca 1500-1800

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Early Modern European Peasant Life ca 1500-1800

• The Three Estates
• Population
• Agriculture
• Marriage and Family
• Terms Three Estates, Manorial System, Cottage
  Industries

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I. The Three Estates

1. Clergy
2. Nobility
3. Commoners

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II. Population

1. Grew slowly until 1700
2. Significant increase in 18th Century

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III. Agriculture

1. Manorial System
2. Cottage Industries

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IV. Marriage and Family

• A. Extended and Nuclear Families
• B. Premarital Sex
• C. Child Care

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