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As pop. rose ppl got paid less; this caused a 4x price increase with lower wages and poorer living conditions "price revolution"

Banking was the best business to be in

Girls were a prob. For the poor b/c they still had to pay a dowries

If women couldn't find a man or employment they settled with prostitution

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The inquisition affected "witches" as well; this spread as far as N-America

Most "witches" were widows in the lower class

All church burned witches but as the inquisition ended most of this did too

S Social patterns were determined by demographic change, status, wealth

Started keeping track of people

Population increased by 1/3 bring the total to 100,000,000

Social hierarchy was becoming less important than wealth

Nobles held the offices but lose feudal power over the peasants; middle class was getting offices

Terrible working conditions

Ppl would live with their entire family and own the same estate for generations; this was ending to the house structure of today

Women began to work (17 century) and marry later

Men, if found that their wives weren't virgins, could divorce the wife without the return of the dowry. Men however, had to be sexually experienced and possibly required by law; premarital sex happened a lot and was becoming more and more common in women

Widows inherited the estate and the business and became more accepted

Blacks were in Europe back in the Greek times and remained a small pop.

Blacks fascinated the Europeans b/c of their knowledge of the world

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Increase in pop. led to manufacturing jobs

Universities were gearing edu. Not just no nobles but also middle class

People like Luther promoted free public edu.

Girls were becoming more edu.

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