Chapter Outline

Chapter 19

Culture and Society in Eighteenth-

Century Europe

Civilization in the West, Seventh Edition by Kishlansky/Geary/O’Brien

Please to remember, the fifth of November….

I. Eighteenth-Century CultureII. Eighteenth-Century Society

Chapter 19: Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Please to remember, the fifth of November…

I. Eighteenth-Century CultureA. The Enlightenment

Philosophes

B. The Spirit of the Enlightenment Voltaire

Philosophical Letters Concerning the English Nation

CandideDavid HumeThe Persian Letters (1721) The Spirit of the Laws (1748)

DeismCesare Beccaria

C. The Impact of the Enlightenment.

Legal reformJoseph II

Patent of Toleration (1781) religious toleration

Adam Smith laissez-faire

Chapter 19: Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe

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II. Eighteenth-Century Society

A. The NobilityEntailed estatesConsumptionSalons

B. The BourgeoisieBourgeois Values

Leisure and EntertainmentAcademies, clubs Coffeehouses, tearooms

Family Life

Companionate MarriageHouses

bedroomshallways

Madame de Pompadour at her Toilette,

by Francois Boucher, 1758.(a respectful view)

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C. The Masses

Increased fertility Decreased mortalityAgricultural improvementsNew Staples

corn, potatoes

Plight of the PoorHospitals, workhouses, and

prisons

Popular CultureVillage festivalsBlood sports

dog-fighting, bearbaitingTaverns, alehouses

Cereal Crops in Europe

Chapter 19: Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Week of 11/4• Read articles provided• Study PP and comment on

assigned portion of lesson. (Tues./Wed.)

• View PP shows 25-27 of: http://www.pptpalooza.net/

• Complete in-class activities• Quiz: Friday, 11/4

Notes :1.View Bucholz lectures, 16-172.View Ridicule3.Read Rococo Art, (photocopies) Annotated Mona Lisa4.Diary of a Napoleonic Foot soldier*

Be prepared to discuss 12/17

and RemindersSat. Seminar, Nov. 19Sat. Seminar, Dec. 17*Paper due: Dec. 12/24

Mid-term Exam: Sat., Jan. 7

Chapter 19: Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Alternative Assessment!

Recite by Thursday the 4 lines of a common folk saying that begins with: Please to remember, the fifth of November…

Explain the allusion.Bring required materials to class on Friday.Participate in The Challenge!

Chapter 19: Culture and Society in Eighteenth-Century Europe

1. Read Chapter 202. Complete 1 part of collaborative study

guide. 3. E-mail to designated coordinator, who

will provide specific instructions.