Society Under the Old Regime

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Society Under the Old Regime
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Darn Nobles

• They did have to pay an income tax ( but hardly
  ever paid it) vingtieme.
• Collected feudal dues.
• Hunting and fishing privileges

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The English Game Laws

• Nobles had exclusive rights to hunt on their
  lands. Poachers punished w/ death.

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Black market
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In 1831, English Game Laws End

• Primary reason overpopulation and starvation
  amongst the peasants.

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Western Europe

• Avg. Marriage Age Men 26, Women 23
• Had Children as soon as married.
• If pregnant, man immediately married the woman.

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Eastern Europe

• Avg. Marriage Age Both under 20
• Households consisted of multi-generations
• Marriage approved by local lords

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Both

• Money is the top priority.
• Some families attempted to limit family size
  using very primitive means of birth control.
• High infant mortality rates

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Childbirth

• Prone to infection and disease from unsterile
  instruments and environment.
• Most occurred in poverty-stricken, wretched
  households.
• Wet Nurses
• Illegitimate births
• Infanticide
• Abandoned Children