A CHANGING EUROPEAN SOCIETY

 THE RISE OF TOWNS

 THE RELACEMENT OF THE OLD BARTER SYSTEM
 NEW BANKING AND CREDIT PRACTICES
 THE RISE OF BOURGEOISIE THAT SUPPORTED STRONG MONARCHS AND THE SHIFT
OF POLITICAL POWER FROM THE LANDED NOBILITY
 EXPLORATION ALLOWED TO EXPAND INTO NEW LANDS AND TO ESTABLISH
COLONIES
 COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION
 MERCANTILISM
 JOIN STOCK COMPANIES
 INFLATION BENEFITED THE MERCHANT CLASS
 INCREASE OF SLAVE TRADE
 IDEA OF LAISEZ-FAIRE
 SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES

ECONOMY SOCIETY POLITICS

1. GROWTH OF TRADE 1. RISE OF 1. EMPIRE
2. NEW BANKING AND TOWNS 2. COLONIES
CREDIT PRACTICES 2. BOURGEOISIE 3. EXPLORATION
3. MERCANTILISM 4. LAISEZ FAIRE
3. SUPPORTED
4. COMMERCIAL AND
KINGS 5. POLITICAL
AGRICULTURAL
GROWTH
PARTIES
5. JOIN STOCK CHANGES SCIENCE
COMPANIES CULTURE 1. INDUCTIVE
6. SLAVE TRADE 1. REASON 2. DEDUCTIVE
RELIGION AND 2. PHILOSOPHERS 3. LAW OF
THOUGHTS 3. VOLTAIRE GRAVITY
1. PANTHEISM 4. MONTESQUIEU 4. CHEMISTRY
2. DEISM 5. DIDEROT 5. ELECTRICITY
6. HOBBES
7. LOCKE
8. ROUSSEAU

THOMAS JOHN MONTESQUIEU VOLTAIRE ROUSSEAU

HOBBES LOCKE

ABSOLUTE NATURAL SEPARATION STATE SOCIAL

MONARCH RIGHTS OF CHURCH CONTRACT

SELFISH LIFE POWERS PEOPLE

EVIL LIBERTY LEGISLATIVE GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE
PROPERTY
JUDICIAL
GOVERNMENT

PROTECT

NATURAL RIGHTS
 THE ENLIGHTENMENT

 Reason over passion

 First English novels
 Form and order in literature
 Back to the classic. Virgil, the Iliad and the Oddisey(Homer)
 The plays had a didactic purpose
 Satire was used as a way of showing vices to be modified
 Wit and wisdom were main conceptions in literature
 Utilitarianism: Everything should have a purpose
 Period of advances and discoveries in science
 Scientists looked for truths through observation and deduction
 The power of monarchy started to decrease so absolute monarchs became less strong.
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GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

 A MAN WHO MEETS PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

 MOCKS ON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
 SWIFT ATTACKS THE WHIGS
 SWIFT SATIRIZES THE ENGLISH FOOLY
 IN HIS NOVEL, HE SATIRIZES A UTOPIC GOVERNMENT
 IT IS A SATIRE ON THE TRAVEL NOVELS
 GULLIVER IS CHEATABLE