Daily life in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries
I. Pieter
Brughel’s “Haymaking” (1556): Depiction
of Daily Life in a village
II. General Characteristics of the Western World in Early
Modern Times:
Rural, Agriculture-Based, little industry.
III.Social Structure and Geography of Daily Life
•Centered on Village
•Social Structure = “Three
Estates:” Nobility, Clergy, Commoners/Peasants
•Responsibilities of the Three
Estates
IV.What were the major characteristics of life
like for everyday people?
Pace of Life, The Family, Work and Play, Violence and Death, Diet, Religious Life