01:510:102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Feudalism, Bourgeoisie

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: European History Courses
• Course: 01:510:102
• Professor: Betrand Metton

Document Summary

The working class (or proletariat) replaces the peasants (often migrate to towns) and the entrepreneurial bourgeoisie controls capital and owns means of production. Bourgeoisie: the bourgeoisie originally referred to the people of the cities, merchants and craftsmen, as citizens of boroughs (cities) they bene tted from particular trade rights. England, italy, and northern europe they acquired wealth and prestige in the early modern period: by the 1700s, the bourgeoisie was driving european economies. The working class: refers to wage-earners, grew dramatically during the industrial revolution when peasants move to the cities to work in factories, in feudal europe most workers were peasants. Skilled workers worked as artisans in the cities or self-employed in the cottage industry (1600-1800). Most artisans were part of corporations or guilds that regulated particular crafts: by the early 1800s in the uk and the mid-1800s in the rest of western europe, industrial centers were mostly populated with these new laborers.