European History

AP European History SOCIAL HISTORY STUDY GUIDE LATE MIDDLE AGES 16th and 17th CENTURIES 18th CENTURY 19TH CENTURY MARRIAGE AND FAMILY: Nuclear family Divorce nonexistent Marriages arranged for economic reasons. Prostitution in urban areas Ave. age for men: mid-late 20s Avg. age for women: less than 20 years old. Church encouraged cult of paternal care. Many couples did not observe church regulations on marriage. Manners shaped men to please women. Relative sexual equality MARRIAGE AND FAMILY: Nuclear family Divorce available in certain cases More prostitution Marriages still based on economics but increasingly more romantic. Average age for marriage: 27 for men; 25 for women. Increased infanticide. Low rate of illegitimate births.

Tina Kim and Ruis MacDonald The Enlightenment and Religion Philosophes argued that both established and non-established Christian churches hindered the pursuit of a rational life and the scientific study of humanity and nature According to the doctrine of original sin ? meaningful improvement in human nature on Earth was impossible (therefore religion turned attention away from present world to the ?world to come?) Differences in doctrines of the various denominations of Christianity led to churches promoting intolerance and bigotry, inciting torture, war, etc. Now philosophes were not only challenging ideas, but also the church

Tina Kim and Ruis MacDonald The Enlightenment and Religion Philosophes argued that both established and non-established Christian churches hindered the pursuit of a rational life and the scientific study of humanity and nature According to the doctrine of original sin ? meaningful improvement in human nature on Earth was impossible (therefore religion turned attention away from present world to the ?world to come?) Differences in doctrines of the various denominations of Christianity led to churches promoting intolerance and bigotry, inciting torture, war, etc. Now philosophes were not only challenging ideas, but also the church