European History in the seventeenth century

The history of the centuries since 1500 can be described as a series of wars and violent struggles. ... A great change in Europe was the starting-point of modern history. ... In the seventeenth century Amsterdam and London surpassed it. ... The most impressive structural development in European commerce was the sudden new importance to it of overseas trade from the second half of the seventeenth century onwards. ... Much of later European history was implicit in this difference between east and west. ...

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The European Renaissance was a period in history of renewed interest in the arts. The Renaissance began in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ... Galileo had taken a big step when he combined mathematical models to the subject matter of physics by the end of the 16th century. ... The Europeans found out how to print using movable type. ... These armies were the first standing armies in Europe. ...

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Witchcraft in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries of the early European countries and America, a new craze came about the people. ... In England, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Scotland, and other European countries, witchcraft trials became even more ubiquitous. ... It was not an uncommon practice to these countries, but it had become more widespread as the deterioration continued throughout early Europe. European countries throughout these periods had begun to see social and economic calamity, and the political state of their countries i...

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Europe was on the whole a region of meat-eaters: 'butchers had catered for the belly of Europe for over a thousand years'.6 For centuries during the middle ages, its tables had been loaded with meat and drink worthy of Argentina in the nineteenth century. ... But Europe's advantage declined after the seventeenth century. ... There was, as we have said, no sophisticated cooking in Europe before the fifteenth century. ... In fact the opposite is true of the standard of living of the Butchers' stalls in Holland in the seventeenth century. ... In some regions of Eastern Eu...

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By the 17th century global ties had been established between Africa, Europe, the Americas and south and Southeast Asia. Increasing trade and travel led to cultural and economic influences on a level like never before in history. ... This increasing global expansion by the seventeenth century initiates the idea that global dominance of one region was inevitable. ... Europe's political system in the 17th century was ideal for acquiring military dominance, thus global dominance. ... This is in fact were Europe has the greatest stronghold by the 17th century. ...

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Many times throughout history periods of great musical and dance developments have crossed paths, resulting in a great flourish of artistic achievement. ... Louis established the first permanent orchestra in Europe. ... From the clarity, balance, proportion, and studied technique of the French ballet masters of the seventeenth century, came the basis of classical dance. ... This age of French absolutism and aristocratic lifestyle of the seventeenth century greatly influenced the arts of music and dance performance of that time. Louis' high standards of personal glorification by perfo...

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The seventeenth century, started with the Ascension of Charles I to the throne of his father James II. ... Cromwell, as history shows, was a very good military strategist, but a poor politician (Roots 20). ... Remarkable during this time it became fashionable to study Greek texts, thus the Humanist movement of the seventeenth century had begun (Wright 190). ... Unity and Order became the keys to control of religion in the seventeenth century. ... During the seventeenth century two forms of government had been developed in Europe. ...

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Both Neolithic Revolution and Industrial Revolution are the major turning points in human society and world history. ... Another turning point in human history was the Industrial Revolution. Back in seventeenth century, most people in Europe lived on small farms and produced most of their needs by hands. After a century later, many people moved to cities where their needs were produced by complex machines. ... The Industrial Revolution is also a major turning point in world history, many new technologies were invented, the steam engine was the power source of the Industrial Revolution, an...

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Throughout the seventeenth century, the Atlantic trade system developed to become one of the most influential and dominant forces during its time period. ... The Dutch had a smaller hold, ruling the Dutch Guiana although they had a brief period of expansion in the early seventeenth century. ... Roughly fifteen hundred indentured servants were sent to the colonies from Great Britain each year during the seventeenth century (Bulliet, The Earth and Its Peoples, pg.486). ... In the first half of the seventeenth century, slave trade brought approximately 10,000 slaves per year to the Americas. ......

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate