European Society c.1500

Question 1

How was the 16th century the beginning of social and economic change?

Answer 1

The wealthier peasants were more recognised as a separate class (development of the middle class.) They provided services to monarchs and so there was less reliance on nobility

Question 2

Many peasants were still employed on the land, where did this differ?

Answer 2

In France and England, the peasants were more valuable after the Plague killed so many

Question 3

The treatment of peasants in Spain still varied, where was it better?

Answer 3

Better in Castile than in Aragon or Catalonia

Question 4

What was still the main concern of all European countries?

Answer 4

Famine

Question 5

Nobles across Europe still had a lot of privileges, name a couple

Answer 5

MAIN: they were exempt from taxation and had seigneurial rights over the peasantry

Question 6

Which areas in Spain were better for peasants and why?

Answer 6

The urban areas, as nobles still had a lot of control over them in the rural areas

Question 7

To replace military service, what could the monarch do?

Answer 7

Try and impose financial payment that the nobles had to pay