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LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME

LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME. Determining factors : social status , wealth , gender , location, religion. Growing gap between rich & poor. Increasing importance of education. Separation of elite & popular cultures. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME.

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LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME

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  1. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME

  2. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME • Determining factors: social status, wealth, gender, location, religion • Growing gap between rich & poor • Increasing importance of education • Separation of elite & popular cultures

  3. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous • Large, multi-roomed homes • windows & mirrors • utensils & furnishings • specialized rooms • Access to great variety of food • development of cuisine

  4. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Lifestyles of the not-so Rich and Famous • Small, dark cottages • no glass windows • no separation of rooms • often lived with livestock • Limited variety of food

  5. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME New products, new pastimes • Growing popularity of new products • coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate • tobacco & alcohol • Coffee houses & taverns

  6. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Increasing Urbanization • Fueled by growth of wealthy classes • demand for consumer goods led to more artisans, shopkeepers • demand for professionals expanded middle class

  7. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Increasing Urbanization • Effects on middle & upper classes • Increased wealth • Improved housing • Increased access to education & professional opportunities

  8. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Increasing Urbanization • Effects on lower classes • Increased poverty • Crowded & unsanitary living conditions • Increased promiscuity, prostitution & child abandonment • Increased drunkenness & disorder

  9. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Elite and Popular Cultures • Popular Culture • Mostly oral, but spread of literacy led to publication of books for masses • Fairs, carnivals, sports = sources of entertainment • Continued belief in witches, demons, superstition, folk remedies, old traditions

  10. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Elite and Popular Cultures • Elite Culture • Entertainment based on classics, literature, high art • ballet, opera, symphony & theaters • Increasingly turned to reason, science, professional medicine

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