SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Primogeniture, Human Nature, Feudalism
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Socb42 oct 4th: fall of rome, warlord land grab, bad for agriculture, towns rise, foreign trade rises, manufacturing develops, barons weakened, agriculture develops, commercial society. Opulence: theory of how things are supposed to go (how country should develop) Human nature says this should happen but most country doesn"t become rich. Please see the table of the natural progress of opulence. Why did he think this would be the natural course: pg. 482/3 subsistence first: you have to take care of your basic needs first: moral claim: the life of the farmer was the best life. If you"re a farmer you have your own property, no boss to tell you what to do. Less dependent on things happening n farther places. Compared to filthy city life: country-town reciprocity. The countryside provides all the raw material to the town of what they need. The manufacturers also supply stuff the farmers need. This natural progression was blocked and never happened in europe.
