Daily Life (1600-1800)

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Daily Life (1600-1800)

• Intro
• Societys Structure
• Nobility
• England vs. French
• The Masses
• Mortality Rates
• Family
• Womens Lives
• Peasant Life
• Pugachev Rebellion
• Urban Workers Guilds
• Fun/Entertainment

• Key Terms
• Bourgeoisie
• Family Economy
• Cottage Industry
• Dowry
• Corvée
• Emelian Pugachev
• Apprentice
• Journeyman
• Master

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Bourgeoisie

• General term for middle class (primarily in
  France)
• Included shopkeepers, skilled workers, business
  owners, bankers, etc.

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Nobles/Lords 1-5
Clergy 5-10
Bourgeoisie 5-10
The Masses 75-85
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Nobility in England France

• England
• About 400 families (House of Lords)
• Passed all laws

• France
• Nobles of Sword (served the king) Nobles of Robe
  (purchased a title)
• Nobles did not pay taxes!

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• Bolshoi Ballet started as a dance school in 1700s
• Theater opened in 1800s

Bolshoi Theater, Moscow
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The Nobility Fun

• Gambling, adultery, hunting, tennis, opera,
  ballet, dances elaborate dinner parties,
  salons, etc.

• Food Breads and wine/hard liquor coffee
  greater amounts of food were available exotic
  spices

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French Nobility(Dress Manners)
Men wore wigs 1,200 shops
Culottes (Knee breeches)
The diameter of some dresses was nine feet across
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The Masses Mortality Rates

• Average life expectancy 15-20 years shorter for
  the Masses than nobility (Hôtel Dieu)
• Disease Accidents biggest killers
• Diet was monotonous not balanced
• Staples-Black bread beer
• For most, very little meat or fresh vegetables

Hospital For The Poor
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Family Life

• Men/Fathers Plowing, planting, running a shop
  also became migrant workers
• Women/Mothers Carriers, childrearing/
  raising, Deputy Husbands earned extra

• Children Laborers (age seven)
• 25 of infants died before age one 55 before
  age ten
• Servants Laborers, but werent slaves

Peasant Family in France
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Cottage Industry

• Spinning Wheel
• Women set their own pace made extra money

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Girl With A Pearl Earring

• She worked as a servant to help earn money for
  her family
• Others might work to earn money for a dowry

Griet
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Women

• Dowry

• Wealth given by a bride to her husband upon
  marriage

• Women often worked 10 years to build their dowry

• Childbirth Abandonment many women worked as
  wet nurses or prostitutes (40-60,000 in Paris)
• Rule of Thumb
• It was legal to beat ones wife with a stick as
  long as the stick was no thicker than the
  husbands thumb

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Peasant Life

• About 75 of Europes population lived as
  peasants/serfs.
• Peasants rented land from Nobles.
• Peasants could be bought, sold traded.

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Tax System In France

• Nobles Clergy-did not pay taxes Peasants
  Bourgeoisie paid taxes

• Those with the least wealth paid the most in
  taxes
• Corvée Peasants worked 12-15 days of unpaid
  labor per year for the state (roads, bridges, etc)

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Pugachev Rebellion(1773-1774)

• A former soldier who led a mass rebellion
  attacking serfdom monarchy of Catherine the
  Great.
• Controlled a large area in eastern Russia
  including Kazan.

• He was captured, tortured and executed ending
  the rebellion.

Emelian Pugachev (c. 1742-1775)
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Guild System(Early industry)

• Master- Shop-owner (if they had enough money
  connections).
• Journeyman- After completing seven year
  apprenticeship they could receive Journeyman
  Papers. Received wage plus room board.
• Apprentice-worked for room board only (seven
  year term), but with a hope of advancement.
• Unskilled Laborer -received room board with
  little or no hope of advancement.

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Master
Journeymen
Apprentice
Unskilled Laborers
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The Masses FunPublic Punishments
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Fun For Rich PoorGambling/Card-playing,
Casinos, Lottery
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The Masses FunGambling On Cockfights
Razor-sharp
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The Masses FunTaverns
In London, the average male consumed 100 gallons
of beer or ale per year (one quart per day).
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The Masses FunReligious Ceremonies A
Christening
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The Masses FunSoccer
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Daily Life (1600-1800)

• Intro
• Societys Structure
• Nobility
• England vs. French
• The Masses
• Mortality Rates
• Family
• Womens Lives
• Peasant Life
• Pugachev Rebellion
• Urban Workers Guilds
• Fun/Entertainment

• Key Terms
• Bourgeoisie
• Family Economy
• Cottage Industry
• Dowry
• Corvée
• Emelian Pugachev
• Apprentice
• Journeyman
• Master