Some people in eighteenth-century Europe thought that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism. It’s easy and cheap availability meant that literacy would no longer be restricted to the...
A rich farmer: The open field system was not beneficial for the rich farmer because he could not have exclusive control of the commons. He could not expand his area...
(i) Many peasants had tiny plots of land which could not provide work for all members of the household.
(ii) So when merchants came around and offered advances to produce goods...
(i) Cottages and villagers were looking for new alternatives to income.
(ii) Tiny plots of land with the villagers could not provide work for all members of the family.
(iii) Advances offered by...
(i) In the late eighteenth century, large numbers of women were employed in factories.
(ii) They were working as maidservants (domestic servant).
(iii) A large number of women used their homes to...
(i) In the late eighteenth century, large numbers of women were employed in factories.
(ii) They were working as maid servants (domestic servant).
(iii) A large number of women used their homes...
(i) Books became cheaper and helped the individuals to read which developed rational thinking, scientific outlook, liberalism and democratic ideas.
(ii) The writings of the great philosophers like Thomas Paine, Rousseau...
Three methods by, which printed books became more accessible to common people:
(i) Very cheap books were brought in Madras town and sold on the crossroads, allowing poor people travelling to...
(i) In the late eighteenth century, large numbers of women were employed in factories.
(ii) They were working as maid servants (domestic servant).
(iii) A large number of women used their homes...
Novels connect people of common interest in the following ways:
(i) Novels created a common interest among scattered and varied readers.
(ii) Readers were drawn into their stories and could identify with...
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