11 12 202 https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/27cdaa32325c0a6a22ae6d97a11df40f.jpg 848945683404d8b4f45595a4f1f4c17c Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 62 x 72 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mauritshuis, the Hague Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Painting: Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove Architect: Jacob van Campen Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brendan Glenn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Built 1644 Description An account of the resource In the 1600s the young Dutch Republic was the envy of Europe. Despite their small size and decentralized government structure, the United Provinces of the Netherlands managed to make themselves the middlemen of the world in the 17th century by leveraging their capable shipbuilders and shrewd merchants to create a trade network that spanned the world. Being the site of the full flowering of merchant capitalism has its benefits, of course, and the Dutch Golden Age is defined as such because the massive wealth accrued by the Netherlands produced an average standard of living far higher than that of other European nations (Britannica). The greatest beneficiaries of this increased prosperity were, of course, those who already possessed a great deal of money: the landed aristocracy and the urban merchant class. The way that these groups reacted to their new status as, bar certain powerful nobles, the richest people in Europe while also acknowledging the uniquely democratic (well, oligarchic) nature of their government can be most clearly seen in the houses which they chose to live in, of which the Mauritshuis is emblematic. Built in 1644 during its owner Johan Maurits’ term as governor of the Dutch colony in Brazil on behalf of the Dutch West India Company, the Mauritshuis is a townhouse designed to convey both Maurits’ wealth as well as his respectably refined taste (History Mauritshuis). The roughly square building is situated at the heart of the Hague, the Netherlands’ political center, and is deliberately noticeable: the four facades are set with Ionic pilasters and garlands whose bright white stone (which is also used for the windowsills) complements the pinkish brick which forms the rest of the wall, and which contrasts pleasantly with the bluish-grey tiles of the elegantly-sloped roof. Still, the Mauritshuis isn’t ostentatious. It has only two main stories and an attic level, and though the colors are pleasant (the house was nicknamed the “sugar palace” (History Mauritshuis)), they aren’t dazzling, nor are the classical decorations very elaborate. The most highly-ornamental part of the house are the pediments over the entrance and on the opposite facade, which bring to mind a Greek temple and are likely meant to reference the democratic ideals of what was at the time Europe’s most successful republic. There are smaller pediments on the second-story windows, and while these are most likely meant to provide verticality to what otherwise might be a fairly boxy structure they can also be seen as reinforcing this message, announcing that despite Johan Maurits’ status as a nobleman of middling rank (he was a count (History Mauritshuis)), he was most importantly a man whose power and wealth came from his own success as a merchant. The Mauritshuis communicates its owner’s wealth and taste, as well as the appropriate political beliefs for a public figure of the Dutch Golden Age. These effects would have been important for the new bourgeois class of merchants coming to dominate the Netherlands, and which would soon become preeminent throughout Europe, whose members needed a way to negotiate their new status--hence the expensive decorations--while also seeming to be moral and respectful of their betters, and thus restricted in their aesthetic sensibility. Despite, therefore, the fact that the Mauritshuis’ owner was noble, it is no coincidence that buildings like it served as the houses for most of the Netherlands’ merchant class. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Netherlands." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2018. https://www.britannica.com/place/Netherlands/Cultural-life#ref35839 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bartholomeus_Johannes_van_Hove,_Het_Mauritshuis_te_Den_Haag.jpg "History Mauritshuis." Mauritshuis. 2018. https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis/history-of-the-building/ Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain; free re-use https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/963301cb80984999f57478baacefa133.jpg ad7c19ac0f0bd34135a5b47de7a66903 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photo Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 1,577 × 2,124 pixels Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tobacco jar in the Trophy series, Real Fabrica de Alcora, Castellon, Spain, second period, 1764-1775 AD, ceramic (From Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas in Madrid, Spain) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daderot Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Teddy Wolfe Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10 October 2014, 07:01:17 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daderot. English: Exhibit in the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid, Spain. This Work Is in the Public Domain Because the Artist Died More than 100 Years Ago. Photography Was Permitted in the Museum without Restriction. October 10, 2014. Own work. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tobacco_jar_in_the_Trophy_series,_Real_Fabrica_de_Alcora,_Castellon,_Spain,_second_period,_1764-1775_AD,_ceramic_-_Museo_Nacional_de_Artes_Decorativas_-_Madrid,_Spain_-_DSC08302.JPG. Marcy Norton, “Encountering Novelties” in Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World, (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008), 44-62 Marcy Norton, “Tasting Empire: Chocolate and the European Internalization of Mesoamerican Aesthetics,” American Historical Review 111 (June 2006): 660-91. Peter Musgrave, “Europe’s Place in the World” in The Early Modern European Economy, (New York City, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1999), 162-196 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Description An account of the resource The first documented case of European tobacco initiation came in 1518 during Juan de Grijalva’s expedition of the Yucatán Peninsula (Norton, 48). As such, tobacco was initially viewed as a brokering tool, not as a commodity. Yet, it gradually grew in importance through published journals on Native Americans lives in the 1530s, being codified as a tool of the devil (Norton, 58). Thus, religious figures in Spain opposed its initial usage, alongside many New World goods like chocolate. Colonial Inquisition cases even revealed a link between chocolate and sorcery, as many women were prosecuted for chocolate-based cures or potions (Norton, 688). Despite the initial opposition, colonial goods were eventually brought over to Spain where they gradually built up local support. It’s unclear why these commodities gained support in Europe, but Marcy Norton suggests that it was a symbol of colonists’ continued independence, and the influence that they had on the Spanish metropole (Norton, 691). These colonists were coming to Europe as traders or for employment and forming communities where they used these goods, allowing them to spread in the wider area through local relationships and trade, despite the church’s opposition. These commodities also represented colonial independence through their production, as increased consumption in Spain led to the growth of massive industries which gave colonies new autonomy through financial power. As Norton notes, “…whereas in 1559 ‘non-European groceries’ accounted for less than 9 percent of the total value of English imports, by 1800 that proportion had risen to almost 35 percent” (Norton, 665). This increased production power meant a lesser reliance on European goods, allowing many to later push for independence (Musgrave, 185). Thus, tobacco represents a political and religious struggle led by the Spanish metropole to assert dominance over the colonies that ultimately failed, leaving behind independent colonies. Colonialism Independence spain Tobacco https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/a87e7675062de762c8674de6444e23cb.jpg ae5c3e648ae65f8d452a6d69f55a84b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Town Hall (now the Royal Palace) of Amsterdam Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Architect: Jacob van Campen Photo: C messier Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maddie Gartland Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Built 1648-1665 Photo: 2017 Description An account of the resource What is now the Royal Palace of Amsterdam was originally inaugurated in 1665 as the Town Hall of the City of Amsterdam, to be the "eighth wonder of the world". With the newfound independence from Spain thanks to the Peace of Westphalia, and with the Dutch Golden Age in full swing, the dilapidated medieval town hall no longer sufficed. Amsterdam was rapidly becoming Europe's most important and successful trade center, and according to its burgomasters, its town hall needed a revamp in order to represent the city's new status and prosperity (Beranek). Jacob van Campen's design was chosen for that very purpose. The new town hall was designed in the Dutch Classicist style, with particular focus on symmetry and ideal ratios––the resulting building is very orderly. The exterior of the hall sports Corinthian pilasters in sandstone (an unusual medium for the city) and above a pediment shows reliefs of the Maid of Amsterdam and the bounties of the sea, a tribute to the flourishing trade of the city. Sculptures of the allegorical figures Peace, Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude rise from the roof (Beranek). The town hall also has a cupola, which houses a bell salvaged from the original building. Inside, the main barrel-vaulted citizen's hall stretches through most of the building, dominating the space, while two smaller interior courts flank the hall and allow light in. Structurally, it's something of a marvel; Amsterdam's soft ground rarely allowed for such large building projects, so nearly fourteen thousand wooden poles were driven into the ground to carry the weight of the new town hall ("About the Palace"). For two centuries after its construction, the hall was also the largest secular building in Europe, standing as a reflection of Amsterdam's power and prestige. The first stone of the new Amsterdam town hall was laid in 1848, shortly after the peace treaty assuring Dutch independence from Spain was finalized. Political autonomy was a crucially important for the Dutch during this period, as decentralized politics in the Netherlands opened up a plethora of avenues for economic growth––the lack of a central regulatory power resulted in significantly more freedom within the economy. It was also a definite source of pride for the people of the Dutch Republic, whose lands had been passed from hand to hand for centuries. Now that they were independent, the Dutch way could reign, and Dutch successes could remain uniquely Dutch; credit would be given were credit was due. This is absolutely exemplified by the creation of this new town hall. As soon as the Dutch Republic gained their independence, they proceeded to construct a grandiose seat of self-government that glorified their city and literally set Dutch values into stone, a veritable reflection of the pride which they held for their own achievements as a Dutch region. However, this sentiment was largely reversed when the town hall was converted into a residential palace after Napoleon asserted his power over the Republic and it was forced to accept Louis Napoleon as king in 1806. Even when power was returned to the Dutch monarchy, the old town hall remained a palace, as it was seen as important to have a palace in the capital city. Since then, it has always been a palace. But it's important not the diminish the reasons for which the town hall was originally built, and what it represented then: Dutch reclamation of their own independence, values, and prosperity in the context of their Golden Age. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amsterdam_Royal_Palace_7299.jpg "About the Palace." Paleis Amsterdam, accessed November 2, 2018. https://www.paleisamsterdam.nl/en/about-palace/ Beranek, Saskia. "The Town Hall of Amsterdam," last modified September 7, 2017. https://smarthistory.org/amsterdam-hall/ Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons 4.0, free re-use https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/91e43aed7e09054317aff0f9eab6a7af.jpg aab05618daf141babc5ab8f4db64c6ba Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aphra Behn's Oroonoko Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Aphra Behn Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cassidy Bins Description An account of the resource Aphra Behn was an English writer whose work Oronooko addressed the slave trade. She wrote about a slave rebellion in Surinam, drawing upon her own experiences there along with her knowledge of the slave trade (Wiesner-Hanks, 390). The slave trade, put into motion due to demand in the British-dominated Caribbean for cheap labor on sugar plantations, ramped up during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Behn’s story reflects the challenges slaves faced as early capitalism developed on the sugar plantations. Landowners required unskilled labor, which they exploited for profit -- this meant harsh working conditions and the abandonment of subsistence cultivation as the desire for sugar in England grew (Moore). The farming of sugar marked a turning point in England’s economic history, establishing it as a central player in Atlantic trade, but it also had implications for race relations and the increasing disparity in social divisions. Behn was one of the first prominent female writers in England, but the significance of her work doesn’t end there (Wiesner-Hanks, 390). She was one of Europe’s early novel-writers, a literary format that has spread across the world. It served as the predecessor to Voltaire’s Candide, which was another “early novel that incorporated overseas voyages” (Wiesner-Hanks, 390). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photo: Wikimedia Commons Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. Early Modern Europe: 1450-1789. Cambridge University Press, 2013. Print. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1688 https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/03c95bb349d4a2611e054a555ab34bdc.jpg e3ebb718fbdea3775ccf1c54742f58d9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Wealth of Nations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adam Smith Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1776 Description An account of the resource Adam Smith’s quintessential work of classical economic philosophy, Wealth of Nations, is seen as one of the most influential philosophical works of the entire Enlightenment era. In it, Smith bashes Mercantilist economic policies for their backward, unproductive effect on economies. Instead, he advocates for what he calls Laissez-Faire economics, meaning that the government plays a minimal, if not non-existent, role in their state’s economy. These theories could be seen as the birth of economic Liberalism, building off of John Locke’s treatises which advocate minimal government involvement in the everyday lives of its citizens. Smith goes further to say that the government should not touch the economy in any way in a capitalist system to have a genuinely productive and Liberal economy. Though Smith’s arguments could be seen to have developed in, and only in, a period of intellectual vitality such as the Enlightenment, it could be argued the period preceding the enlightenment had enough intellectual virtue to incubate Smith’s philosophical developments. Historian, Joel Mokyr argues that the developments and intellectual exuberance of the Scientific Revolution, which occurred before periods of liberal economic theory when mercantilism still reigned chief, were vital in setting the stage for the Industrial Revolution, which has a direct correspondence with the enlightenment in England based on their time periods (roughly the second half of the 18th Century)(1). 1. Mokyr, Joel. “Accounting for the Industrial Revolution.” Chapter. In The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, edited by Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson, 1:1–27. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521820363.002. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wikimedia Commons Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/bf88878a114a6843056f962c8fcae5a8.jpg d39843e693056aec2c2d439fc7196c8d Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 313 cm by 239 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Diego Velazquez Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elliot Cahn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1636 Description An account of the resource Philip IV’s reign in Spain is also marked by attempts to centralize power, as was the trend in other European nations (most notably France behind the leadership of the Cardinal Richelieu). The man most associated with this centralization is Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, the king’s longtime advisor. The image above is a rendering of the duke by the famed painter Diego Velázquez. When King Philip, aged 22 at the time, was three years into his reign, Olivares laid out his absolutist ideology in a document directed to the young king titled Instructions on Government (1624). The document explains the different levels of the socioeconomic hierarchy of Spain and gives the king instructions on how to handle its members. For instance, he suggests restricting the grandees, who were noblemen of the highest rank, by preventing them from communicating with other grandees or government ministers (Cowans 154). Olivares also recommended that King Philip create rivalries between grandees and the rest of the aristocracy by “[making] it clear that you esteem some of the titled lords as much as the grandees” (Cowans 155). Olivares also mentions “punishing [the people]…and intimidating them so that they do not get out of control” (Cowans 156). The intention of the Instructions on Government is to remove potential threats from to power and make the entirety of the Spanish state dependent on the king. Olivares sought a strong monarchy that could effectively collect tax revenue and raise a unified army, which was important for the continuation of Olivares’ war-reliant foreign policy designed to make Spain a dominant European power again. To do this, the crown would have to reduce the autonomy of the different provinces of Spain. These reforms caused revolts in Catalonia and Portugal that heavily hindered Spain’s success in European warfare (Bradbury 11). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Count-Duke_of_Olivares.jpg Bradbury, Ian. "OLIVARES." Teaching History, no. 43 (1985): 9-11. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43256344. Olivares, Count-Duke of, “Instructions on Government (1624)” in Early Modern Spain: A Documentary History, ed. Jon Cowans. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Free Re-use https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/cce3ed9a5a9e4653297c64ae00b2f18b.jpeg cf3ea4d15ec9fce26510100b7443a448 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Illustration of the Brevísima of de Las Casas Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joos van Winghe and Theodor de Bry Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elliot Cahn Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1552 Description An account of the resource One of the key parts of the Spanish economy in the New World following its conquest was the use of indigenous labor. This system was termed the encomienda system. One of the loudest voices against this system was Bartolomé de las Casas, a former slave owner and Dominican friar. He repeatedly lobbied the Spanish crown to improve the treatment of the indigenous population in the Americas, achieving only modest success. The striking image above depicts Spanish atrocities inspired by Las Casas’ accounts. Las Casas’ positions were certainly controversial, which led to a famous debate at the royal court at Valladolid against scholar Juan Ginés de Sepúlvida, who supported the form Spanish rule was taking. He argued that the Spanish, with their “gifts of prudence, intelligence, magnanimity, temperance, humanity, and religion” (Cowans 60) ought to continue the war and enslavement of indigenous Americans, who he views as barbarians. Spanish colonization, according to Sepúlvida, was fulfilling the mission to convert Americans from “impious servants of the demons into Christians and worshippers of the true God” (Cowans 63). Las Casas believed that the encomienda system was evil and responsible for horrifying atrocities committed against the New World population, noting, “the devil could invent no greater pestilence to destroy that whole world” (Cowans 67). He thought the natives should receive more favorable treatment from a religious standpoint because they had not been introduced to Christianity prior to the Spanish arrival. To Las Casas, the Spanish conquest, in promoting Christianity and Christian values, should benefit the indigenous population more than the colonizers. Clearly, murdering and overworking the inhabitants was counterproductive to advancing the Spanish religious mission. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Bry_1c.JPG Las Casas, Bartolomé de, “Thirty Propositions (1552)” in Early Modern Spain: A Documentary History, ed. Jon Cowans. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. Sepúlveda, Juan Ginés de, “Just War in the Indies (ca. 1547)” in Early Modern Spain: A Documentary History, ed. Jon Cowans. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Free Re-use https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/f77b4dd050ef7cdbdab7343351eab3e1.jpg fe23cc122782b4319eb1af7699b0ce93 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image Height: 51.5 cm Width: 62 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frederick the Great Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anton Graff Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Andrew Fitch Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1781 Description An account of the resource The War of Austrian Succession established the dualism of Prussia and Austria which would characterize the empire until its collapse in 1806. At the end of the 30 years war in 1648 very few Germans likely would have been able to predict Prussia’s rise. Brandenburg (the principal holding of the Hohenzollern family) was devastated by the war and the Hapsburgs had been relatively unchallenged with regards to both their emperorship and their power for generations (Wiesner-Hanks 351). Prussia was only able to turn its fortunes around thanks to a series of strategic rulers, starting with Frederick William, the “Great Elector”. Frederick William, (ruled 1640 - 1688) and his grandson (also named Frederick William, 1713 - 1740) used absolute policies to build a huge and highly trained army (Wiesner-Hanks 352). However, it was Frederick II “the Great” (ruled 1740 - 1786) who truly established Prussia as a powerful contender in both the Holy Roman Empire and Europe as a whole. Frederick II, pictured in the self-portrait above, achieved a great reputation as a military leader and greatly expanded Prussia’s power and size. Over the course of his reign, he increased the size of Prussia’s army from about 83,000 to over 190,000 (Anderson). He put this massive army to use as well, as evident when he seized Silesia from Austria during the war of Austrian Succession. His prowess is again evident in his ability to ward off France, Austria, and Russia in the seven years war (Wiesner-Hanks 352). In addition to being a military genius, Frederick II is also famous for being one of the principal “enlightened rulers” in Europe during the 18th century. Frederick II’s prominence as an enlightened ruler is perhaps most evident in the words of Immanuel Kant who, in his work What is Enlightenment, directly correlated Frederick the Great with the Enlightenment when he said, “This is the age of enlightenment and the century of Frederick [the Great]“ (Kant 207). Frederick’s particular style of ruling is often viewed through the lens of enlightened despotism, in which Frederick still had near absolute power but also had many policies that could be viewed as enlightened. One of his most famous policies was his religious toleration, which helped bolster the population of Prussia and increase the size of his army as Jewish and Huguenot exiles moved to Prussia (Anderson). His role as an enlightened ruler is also evident in his abolishment of judicial torture and his attempts to establish a universal primary education system in Prussia (Anderson). Frederick’s many accomplishments would only cause a greater rivalry between Prussia and Austria. This resulted in increased conflict and division within the Holy Roman Empire, further diminishing any chance at the possibility of a unified Germany (Anderson). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_der_Gro%C3%9Fe_(1781_or_1786)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/756de84d7b88dc3ab6d481fabb91f572.jpeg a39664c8dcd7e590ecbcf46a69c10809 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Slave Shackle Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1700-1899 Description An account of the resource In the 17th century, the Enlightenment burst forth on the stage of European Intellectual life. It was a movement that stood out from the Renaissance by its focus on breaking free of the past, looking for more reasoned answers to questions, both new and old (Wiesner-Hanks, 367). The Enlightenment led to discussions, debates, and the development of new ideas, particularly in the areas of politics, religion, and ethics. It was out of this age that we have inherited modern ideals of equality, democracy, secular states, and even gender parity (Taylor, 84). Slavery, and the slave trade, were vigorously debated topics during this period, with various philosophers discussing the morality of keeping slaves, and weighing it against the clear economic benefits of the slave trade for Europe. On the one hand, the rhetoric pursued by many Enlightenment thinkers was highly egalitarian such as Philosopher Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat’s calls for universal human rights, and language critical of the slave trade found in Denis Diderot’s Encyclopédie (Wiesner-Hanks, 383). Yet, on the other hand, many Enlightenment philosophers used the new ideas and reasoning techniques to cement support for slavery. David Hume, for example, asserted that scientific developments of the modern era had proved Africans to be inferior to Europeans given their geographical origins, which he used to justify their continued enslavement (Wiesner-Hanks, 387). Other philosophers during this period seemed uncomfortable with slavery, yet were unwilling to openly challenge the institution, or to call for the abolition of the slave trade. In perhaps his most famous work, Candide, Voltaire portrays slavery in its monstrous reality when his protagonist meets a Black man in Surinam who gives a very accurate description of what life is like for slaves in South America. “They give us one pair of linen trunks twice a year as our only clothing. When we work in the sugar mills and catch our fingers in the grinder, they cut off our hand. When we try to escape, they cut off our leg” (Voltaire, 81). Yet despite this blunt description of the institution, Voltaire was known for including racist comments in his other works and never publicly called for the abolition of slavery (Gordon, 13). Suppression of the Slave Trade began in the early 19th century, most notably with the British abolition of the trade in 1807, which they attempted to enforce throughout the entire Atlantic. All slavery was formally abolished in most European colonies during the 1840s. Interestingly, much of the impetus for abolition came not from Enlightenment leaders, but instead from religious groups. The movement was led largely by religious groups often considered on the fringe of society such as the Quakers and the Methodists who felt that Christian morals forbade the continuation of slavery; a consensus many Enlightenment thinkers, both Christian and secular, had failed to come to (Wiesner-Hanks, 526). Notably, the United States, a nation founded on Enlightenment principles, retained legal slavery in parts of the country until 1863, several decades beyond most European nations. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Free Re-use https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/945f73dae89b40eae2b24381081a06b1.jpeg 3177eb4af6b8537d5ea3d671f745512d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Adam Smith Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Zach Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 1776 Description An account of the resource Published in 1776 by Scottish philosopher Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations continues to be a seminal piece of classical economics. Smith’s contributions, however, went far beyond the scope of the classical school of thought, defining the very parameters of any discussion of the modern political economy. In fact, Marx’s famous Capital is best understood as a response to Smith and his contemporaries. The Wealth of Nations structured the modern political economy by shaping its civil institutions and informing the discourse that surrounds it. It is important to situate Smith’s works within the broader developments of the late eighteenth century. As a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith observed a very changing economic landscape in which the introduction of new production methods facilitated an accumulation of capital that was truly unprecedented at the time. Reconsidering the role of government became a chief concern of classical economists, with Smith developing a laissez-faire approach that limited the scope of the state apparatus in commercial activities. Although Smith often approached economics at its most aggregate level, he often considered the role of the industrial laborer, saying that "his dexterity at his own particular trade seems, in this manner, to be acquired at the expence of his intellectual, social, and martial virtues. But in every improved and civilized society this is the state into which the labouring poor, that is, the great body of the people, must necessarily fall, unless government takes some pains to prevent it."(Smith, 302). Even in Smith's works the commoner is taken to be a central agent to the modern economy. It was this “Smithian” ideology that would come to dominate economic thought for centuries to come. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , 1856. University of Edinburgh. <a href="https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200271/BibliographicResource_3000058904375.html?q=An+Inquiry+into+the+Nature+and+Causes+of+the+Wealth+of+Nations">https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200271/BibliographicResource_3000058904375.html?q=An+Inquiry+into+the+Nature+and+Causes+of+the+Wealth+of+Nations</a><br /><br /><p><span><span dir="ltr">Smith, Adam. <em>An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 3</em>. G. Walker, 1822. </span><br /></span></p> <p></p> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Free Use CC BY https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/1c63b111556e13fd1dfcda46ddb2acdc.jpg 4de93a27db954990f7c50d9bd2d5075f Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Locke Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cassidy Bins Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1690 Description An account of the resource A court physician, ethical thinker, and political player, John Locke’s ideas figured prominently in the mainstream Enlightenment. His Essay Concerning Human Understanding put forth his thoughts on the origin of human knowledge. He wrote that everyone is born as a “tabula rasa,” or “blank slate,” which had important implications for the prominence of education in society. According to Locke, our senses and perceptions provide a pathway for simple thoughts and then for complex thoughts. It is only then that we are able to reason, but once we reach this point, he argues, that we have to fight against our natural inclination to act contrary to what we know to be best for us. Moreover, humans are born with reason rather than acquire it through the events of their lives. However, reflection plays a large part in the effectiveness of turning perceptions or simple thoughts into complex ones, thereby warranting the usage of reason. Wiesner-Hanks writes that Locke “picked up on Francis Bacon’s emphasis on experience, observation, and sense perceptions as the true basis of knowledge,” alluding to the continuity of Bacon’s ideas throughout the Enlightenment and the increasing inclination of scholars to base their hypotheses about nature on the happenings of the physical world rather than on religious dogma (Wiesner-Hanks, 382). Locke’s writing during the Enlightenment represents the large conversation prominent thinkers engaged in, as well as the rise of political philosophy that he took part in. The reason he argued was born innate in every human had implications for politics of the era, and his ideas about private property -- and the limits to a monarchy’s power when it came to private property -- found new meaning in terms of opposing tyranny. However, his ideas formed the basis for the popular conviction that only property-owning people should be able to vote, which extended to America prior to the nineteenth century (Wiesner-Hanks, 383). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photo: Wikimedia Commons Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. Early Modern Europe: 1450-1789. Cambridge University Press, 2013. Print. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain. https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/d0b5ff27069914e671db82a89bf5bb6d.jpg a5fe04666565bb8eb7f356bd5522e71d Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mary Wollstonecraft Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cassidy Bins Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1792 Description An account of the resource The mainstream Enlightenment may have put an emphasis on individual liberties and free thought, but these ideas rarely extended to “second class” members of early modern European society, including women. Mary Wollstonecraft, a feminist philosopher and writer active during the Enlightenment, published this book as “the first explicit call for political rights to be extended to the female half of the population” (Wiesner-Hanks, 8). Part of what is considered the “radical Enlightenment,” Wollstonecraft’s work specifically advocated for the education and acceptance of women into “men’s” society. During the Enlightenment, women exercised their voices as writers and salon owners, but their role continued to be confined to the sphere of the home, where philosophers like Rousseau asserted such maternal personalities were necessary. Wollstonecraft’s ideas interacted with Locke’s, bringing forth the conflict between two reigning ideas of the mainstream Enlightenment: one, that reason was innate, and two, that women were inferior. Wollstonecraft’s publication as well as her role in society set the stage for future feminist writers and politicians. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photo: Wikimedia Commons Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. Early Modern Europe: 1450-1789. Cambridge University Press, 2013. Print.