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Fernand Braudel Born ( 1902-08-24)24 August 1902, France Died 27 November 1985 ( 1985-11-27) (aged 83), France Nationality French Occupation Fernand Braudel ( French:; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian and a leader of the. His scholarship focused on three main projects: The Mediterranean (1923–49, then 1949–66), Civilization and Capitalism (1955–79), and the unfinished Identity of France (1970–85). His reputation stems in part from his writings, but even more from his success in making the Annales School the most important engine of historical research in France and much of the world after 1950. As the dominant leader of the Annales School of in the 1950s and 1960s, he exerted enormous influence on historical writing in France and other countries. He was a student of (1866-1946).

Braudel has been considered one of the greatest of the modern historians who have emphasized the role of large-scale socioeconomic factors in the making and writing of history. He can also be considered as one of the precursors of.

Society, not just the capitalist and the labourer but also those outside the formal process of economic production. Have called for want of a better expression material life or material civilization' (Braudel. Of a civilizing process; ' individual self-regulation of the driver, the regulation of his or her own behaviour.

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Looking for more active discussion? We have live chat communities that are active just about 24/7! (#worldbuilding on irc.snoonet.org:6667, or 6697 for SSL) We also encourage users to. • Related subreddits: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Links outside of reddit: • • • Filters: • • • • • • •. Fernand Braudel’s “The Structures of Everyday Life,” Book 1 of a series called “Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th century,” focuses on the entire world during those centuries.

Sometimes it’s a little too specific and goes over boring details such as actual numbers and statistics of things as mundane as wheat prices, exchange rates, and how much sugar was annually produced by Brazil. But the entire book itself was an interesting read, and I learned a lot about both the mechanics of civilization during those centuries as well as trends that would apply when world building. I picked up a copy of the book from my local library (first time I’ve been there in YEARS!). [Disclaimer] It took me a month or two to read it, sometimes at a bar with a beer or five. So sometimes my analysis may reflect my sobriety, but also my interest in the particular chapter subject. I read it with an interest in developing my world I’m creating for a book I’m writing, not for my historical knowledge of Europe back then, so my summary may exclude certain details that I found unimportant.

Chapter 1: Weight of Numbers • Population is directly proportional to industry. More people mean more production. • There were population rises followed by declines until the 18th Century. • These “ebbs and flows” of population were global and were a result of a natural equilibrium with Earth and its resources. Once the population exceeded a critical number, it would collapse due to lack of resources for everyone • One reason why populations exploded in the 18th century was due to colonization. Every country had access to much more land with its associated resources.

• Another is climate. Braudel mentions the “little ice age” which began in the 14th century. Olds Ambassador Cornet Serial Numbers here.

He argues that the cooling led to fewer crops but once it resided, crop production increased. • Basically, large populations (including huge cities and large armies) are only possible by huge production of food to feed them and the transport mechanism to deliver it. Cities needed constant importation of food, and armies needed large trains of food. • There were barriers to new land: mountain ranges, oceans, and dense forests (jungles, Siberia, North America).

• Europe’s huge achievement was mastery of the Atlantic Ocean, including both ship building and ocean navigation. • Small populations led to infestations of wolves and bears, but also more pleasant animals such as grouse pheasant and quail, boat, stags, bucks, hares and geese. • Famines were widespread and led to massive drops in population. But after the drop, there was more land available per person remaining and as such the survivors became wealthy. • Sometimes during famine there were armies of poor who stormed cities.

• After a few bad harvests, epidemic would set in and destroy populations. They would start in one human mass and jump to the next. • During the Black Plague (and other disease epidemics) the poor were rounded up to be observed and the rich isolated themselves.

One such explanation was the trade routes between Asia and Europe which made travel much easier for both humans the disease. • Whenever civilizations are defeated, the conqueror is referred to as a barbarian even though that isn’t always the case. Chapter 2: Daily Bread • Basically, the world had 3 primary crops: Wheat, Corn, and Rice. In Europe, wheat was reserved for the wealthy while the poor ate primarily rye bread or oats. When corn came from the America’s it provided much more yield per acre than anything else. Rice was primarily a product of East Asia until corn replaced it. This is a drastic simplification but guess what, this isn’t an academic paper.

• Populations could grow because of the increased food production agriculture yielded. However, since wheat bread was the highest quality product, it was worth the most and reserved for the rich. * The poor survived on rye bread and ate it daily, and very rarely consumed meat because it also was expensive (since you had to grow food for the livestock). This is when the term “daily bread” originated since peasants consumed bread daily. • Most peasants who grew wheat grew it only for export and sale, not for their own consumption. • The real winners in the grain trade were the merchants who bought the grain from the growers and sold it to the consumers. • An interesting side note is that when a quintal of wheat exceeded 100 hours of labor to produce annually, life became difficult.

After 200 hours, it became desperate. After 300 hours, famine set in. • Rice lasts longer in storage than wheat, but wasn’t as valuable, so there are trade offs • Cornmeal or corn bread had to be supplemented by meat to be adequate. • Potatoes lasted even longer than rice and as such became the basic staple crop of some cultures • Populations struggled outside of the hoe-cultivation belt, which basically was where you could till soil with a hoe to grow crops in the world (think mid latitudes). Chapter 3: Superfluity and Sufficiency: Food and Drink • Sugar was a luxury before the 16th century. Pepper was a luxury before the 17th. And so was alcohol.

• Forks were frowned upon until the 18th century. They were viewed as barbaric. In fact, for dinner parties, guests would bring their own silverware in boxes (just a spoon and a knife). It was rude to use a host’s utensils.

• Chairs were sort of a rarity; instead benches were used. • Peasants never ate their best produce; they saved that for sale • The entire meal was piled high onto one plate to form a single dish. All components were there and on one plate and were self-served by hand from the middle of the table. • The leftovers of the rich were sold to food-dealers, who then sold it to the peasants even if they had gone rotten.

• The spoon did not become popular until the 16th century • A German preacher condemned the fork: “God would not have given us fingers if he had wished us to use such an instrument.” • One such method to eat involved putting the entire main dish onto one plate or bowl, and then serving with your hands onto your own slice of bread which served as a plate. The bread soaked up any juices and you ate the bread following the meal. • Salt was necessary for everyday life; it preserved food and baked bread. In fact it served as currency sometimes. • Most cheeses, eggs, and other dairy products are not considered a luxury and were a staple to the commoner’s diet. • Cheese was a cheap source of protein that lasted longer than other sources of protein. • Fishing was pretty important, especially with salt.

Fish were imported to Europe from the New * World because they were so plentiful (Cod off of Newfoundland) but the quality deteriorated the longer the voyage lasted. Typically there would be two days of the year that the Cod supplies would be resupplied.

The Complete Book Of Running Fixx Pdf Printer. • You can’t talk about food without talking about spices or pepper, including cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. Braudel describes it as a mania. Pepper was the number 1 spice. But as spices declined, coffee, chocolate, alcohol and tobacco rose. An interesting thing to note is that meat consumption declined with spice consumption, which leads to the conclusion that spices were used to spruce up bad meat does this mean that the spices were limited to the rich who could afford to consume meat?

• Sugar began as a cure for illness. But sugar cane was imported to Europe to turn into raw sugar. • Water was purified from rain water through natural sand filters. • Wine was produced by a small part of Europe but it was consumed by everyone. • Hops were added to beer to preserve it. Beer was consumed generally by the poor, but that came out after wine.

Stills produced grain alcohol and that was produced even after beer. • Coffee came from the Arabs, Tea came from the Chinese, and Chocolate came from the Mexican. • Black tea is tea that is cured in sunlight which then ferments it. Green tea is tea cured from fire.

• Gin was produced in England, and thus they reduced the taxes on Gin to encourage Gin production in country. • Like tea, coffee was thought to be a remedy • Dude seriously, coffee originated from Ethiopia and was at first welcomed by Muslims, then banned, but spread to Europe and seriously is really good. I like Coffee. • Tobacco was frowned upon initially because it was thought to make people lazy basically [continued in comments] • • • • •. Chapter 4: Superfluity and Sufficiency: Houses, Clothes, and Fashion • Building material usually reflected what was available: wood, clay, brick, stone (though stone was the more expensive and thus was reserved for temples palaces etc). • Occasionally there would be entire streets lined with stone buildings to form a sort of fire wall preventing the spread of fire • In larger cities straw and thatched roofs were prohibited due to the fire hazard.

Sometimes the government would even subsidize tile roofs. • Clay with wood was the most common building material.

• Men and beasts typically lived in the same dwelling in rural Europe. • Fires presented an opportunity for cities to redesign themselves more efficiently.

• In urban areas, furnished houses typically were infested with bugs and fleas • Rent was paid quarterly • Poor houses quartered many people and were run by a “house mistress” who needed to be ruthless to manage so many people. • Artisans and masters typically lived and worked in the same building. • A common accoutrement for interiors were old barrels cut in half serving as a table and a chair • Floors were commonly made of beaten earth • During the winter, the floor was packed with straw; during the summer, it was covered with flowers or herbs. • Most windows were just openings with wooden shutters. • Fireplaces were useful for cooking but not warmth. Stoves and braziers were better suited. • Benches were more common than chairs or stools.

• Chamber pots. • Lighting was provided by candles made of wax, tallow, or a derivative of olive oil (until whale oil was discovered).

• Bathing was done almost entirely in public bathes where both sexes often bathed together. • The rest of the chapter is about costume and fashion, so I didn’t read it. Chapter 5: The Spread of Technology: Sources of Energy, Metallurgy • Inventions take a while to gain wide traction • Coal was fairly widespread in Europe • Animal power was widely adopted, followed by water and wind. • Wind and water mills began as horizontal instead of vertical (think of an aerometer) • Wood was a staple as well, but was limited by deforestation of nearby forests.

• The discovery of coke (baked coal to get rid of impurities) was huge for industry • Europe’s greatest sources of energy were: animals, wood, water mills, man power, and then sails. Windmills and coal were not significant sources of energy. Europe primarily relied on animals and wood. • Iron was typically mined somewhere and then smelted elsewhere. The discovery of coke led to a greater production of steel since it burned hotter and cleaner.

• Damascus steel is mentioned, but only that it was extremely strong and sharp and is a well kept secret, and probably was developed in India. • Bellows were usually powered by water mills.

• Copper was used extensively for boat bottoms, but it was also the third type of money metal (preceded by gold and silver). Chapter 6: The Spread of Technology: Revolutions and Delays • Gunpowder was initially discovered by the Chinese (saltpeter, sulphur, and coal).

• Artillery is mentioned, but it basically just gives a few examples of battles where it was used. • In a battle (on land or water) if one side had artillery, they were nearly guaranteed to win. Both military and merchant vessels had to be armed. • Artillery was eventually shrunk to guns, but spears and pikes were still necessary in battle until the invention of the bayonet • All this was expensive, but the thirst for the metals and resources spurred other industries (mining, metallurgy, transportation, etc). • Parchment was nice, but paper was insanely cheaper. • The invention of moveable type revolutionized the written word, and now books were no longer considered a luxury.

Wandering printers would carry their gear with them and settle down wherever there was work, then move on. • Europe dominated the seas for two reasons.

They had motivation to import resources as they were running thin on their own with a growing population. They also had mastered ocean navigation. The Chinese and the Indians had equally as large navies, but they had no need for navigation as they just followed the shore lines. Shipbuilding became a national pride because they were the oil of the world.

• Ocean currents and winds drove trade routes, which in turn were the super highways of the old world. • On land routes changed due to tolls, seasons, and bandits. • On roads, you would find post houses where you could trade your horse for a fresh one to continue your journey. • Water ways were the determining factor for economies and towns.

• News travelled slowly around the world. • There were taxi services in large cities, as well as human runners with messages. Chapter 7: Money • This is a pretty abstract chapter, since the theory of money is kind of abstract itself. • Money basically began as trading chickens for apples • Primitive money began as “cowries” or a certain shell. There was “dried gold” which was dried fish and “soft gold” which was fur. • Coins were usually strung together on a string.

• Many coins, once in a different country, were smelted down and re minted in that country’s coin. When banks hoarded onto all their gold, that money was out of circulation and people began to develop their own money • Gold and Silver became the metal of currency because gold and silver ornaments were purchased by the wealthy to decorate their homes or themselves, thus giving those metals a high value to the wealthy and thus, to everyone else. • However, using gold to create coins takes gold out of the economy, and gold is expensive to purchase.

So Europe turned to copper to mint coins since copper was cheap to acquire. The spice trade actually led to a gold/silver shortage in Europe, since the spices were paid for in those metals, the net mass of gold transferred to the east and out of Europe. • Interestingly, saving gold (or saving money) was discouraged because that kept the gold out of circulation and thus would contribute to a shortage or crisis. • Credit always existed (think of a King lending seed to peasants with the promise of crop payments at the end of the season), but coin shortages often resulted in credit being issued by the government and banks. These began as “notes” issued by those institutions, and soon traded between not just the banks and the people, but between people.

(I think this is how paper money eventually came to be. A note guaranteeing to be paid for in gold if redeemed at a bank) Chapter 8: Towns and Cities • Towns always have a relationship with another town.

They may be the dominate or subordinate one, and it is always the center of a communications network whether large or small. • Rural activity usually permits the town to be created; it provides the driving force behind its creation. However, that wasn't always the case. In the New World, towns were created and then the inhabitants created the countryside to supply them. • Algerian pirates successfully invaded Gibraltar because they knew that during the grape harvest season, everyone would be outside the city walls sleeping in their vineyards. • Birth/Death ratio remained fairly constant in Cities once they were established. Population increases were primarily accomplished through new incomers.

However, many children were abandoned early on. In Paris, abandoned kids were carried 3 in a box on a man's back to a 'poor house' all of them breathing through a hole in the top, often only 2 surviving. • Ramparts/city walls existed to not only protect the city, but to also control entrance to the city to collect any tolls.

They also frequently enclosed fields or pastures to contain animal flocks and harvests in times of emergency. For safety reasons when under siege, a clear space was required immediately outside the wall itself (no trees, nothing). The walls restricted growth outward, so cities grew vertically.

• City sites were chosen due to some advantages but they also presented disadvantages. Sao Salvador used to be the capital, and was well protected from the sea and easy to reach from Europe. But its geography prohibited wheeled carts and they had to lift goods from the ocean up to the city. The capital was moved to Rio de Janeiro after gold was discovered. • Cities were often located half day or a full day from each other along waypoints or shipping points, or where means of transport changed (ships, carts, mules, etc.) • Each district had its own main square with stalls for their specific goods, such as fruits/vegs, fish, game, artisan products, etc. • Every town had suburbs • Cities had internal and external struggles; poor vs.

Rich, bugouis vs. Noble, and city vs. State • 3 types of cities: Open to everybody, closed and secluded to itself, and state run. Most medieval towns were closed cities. These types of cities were often 'run' by guilds.