The Gentlewoman’s Companion (1673)‚ one of many early modern conduct books I surveyed this past year for an honors thesis entitled "’Chaste‚ Silent‚ and Hungry’: The Problem of Female Appetite in Early Modern England‚ 1550-1700."3 As indicated by the title‚ this project explores a provocative but as of yet scarcely studied facet of early modern gender constructions: female food desire.4 I use the word "desire" here rather deliberately‚ as early modern definitions of appetite extended well beyond the
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The Prince & The Return of Martin Guerre It appears as though human beings did very little in shaping and controlling their own destinies in early modern Europe‚ and the works of The Prince‚ written by Niccolo Machiavelli in 1513 and The Return of Martin Guerre‚ written Natalie Zemon Davis in 1928 helps to exemplify this view. The Prince is a primary source recollection of Machiavelli’s thoughts on what makes a good ruler. He discussed his feelings on Princedom on how a prince should rule and
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DBQ 7: Children Identify the various assumptions about children in early modern Europe‚ and analyze how these assumptions affected child-rearing practices. The treatment of children during the early modern century was quite a controversial subject‚ as the high infant mortality rates greatly affected views and opinions towards the children. However‚ the different social classes all possessed various advantages‚ privileges‚ and conditions‚ which would shape different opinions towards child
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sports an essential part of the early modern era? Do they have a place in today’s society? Blood sports of Great Britain and its American colonies in the early modern era encouraged violent tendencies among men. These tendencies were necessary for use in contemporary warfare. Blood sports also helped to solidify class divisions by providing an avenue for the nobility and the rich to demonstrate their superiority over one another and the rest of society. In the modern world‚ however‚ violence that
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The Early Modern Period General Bibliography The recommended survey text is Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks‚ Early Modern Europe‚ 1450-1789 (Cambridge U.P.‚ 2006). In preparation for this section of the core course‚ you should read chapter 1. Other one-volume surveys include: Euan Cameron‚ ed.‚ Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History (1999): stimulating thematic essays‚ but not the place to get your facts straight George Huppert‚ After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern
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seventeenth centuries? 5. Why was Charles V‚ despite such vast holdings‚ unable to establish a durable empire? What forces worked against such an empire in the sixteenth century? 6. How did European monarchs increase their power in the early modern era? What are some of the common characteristics of the new monarchs? 7. What is the fundamental difference between absolute monarchy and a constitutional government? 8. What factors encouraged the evolution of a constitutional
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Should the riots by the peasants of the early modern era resemble a revolutionary movement to reorder society? During the early modern era in Europe‚ nobles treated the peasants with little to no respect and thought that the peasants would obliged to whatever they commanded. Peasants began to realize that they needed to stand up against the nobles and government in order to change their role. Peasant movements became revolutionary by going through with the idea of taking a stand and doing everything
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holdings‚ unable to establish a durable empire? What forces worked against such an empire in the sixteenth century? - Pressures from France and Ottomans halted expansion of the empire 6) How did European monarchs increase their power in the early modern era? What are some of the common characteristics of the new monarchs? -Extended their rule by expanding their lands and territories. A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy‚ a form of government in which a country or entity is usually ruled
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but she also shows herself in the Venetian senate chamber to testify in support for her love of Othello and her wishes to accompany him on his military campaign. She shows no fear of public speech or speaking her mind to others above her. Many early modern texts‚ however‚ bind women to the acts of silence and obedience. Many parts of Desdemona’s bold personality can allow for a negative interpretation if someone happens to read her with an intent to find some sort of fault. Othello’s lieutenant‚
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Internet Source Criticism * WWW.DKIEL.COM The source that I’ve chosen for this assignment goes under the URL www.dkiel.com. I found this source by googling a specific event during the early modern period rather than the whole topic itself and then I found this source by googling reformation early modern period. I came directly to an article (http://www.dkiel.com/Reformation/EnglishReformation.html) that was under the possession of www.dkiel.cOM. The source’s top level domain is .com‚ which
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