Early Modern European Peasant Life: ca 1500-1800

I. The Three Estates

II. Population

III. Agriculture

IV. Marriage and Family

Terms: Three Estates, Manorial System, Cottage Industries

I. The Three Estates

A. Clergy

B. Nobility

C. Commoners

II. Population

A. Grew slowly until 1700

B. Significant increase in 18th Century

III. Agriculture

A. Manorial System

B. Cottage Industries

IV. Marriage and Family

A. Extended and Nuclear Families

B. Premarital Sex

C. Child Care