Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Determining factors: social status, wealth, gender, location, religion Growing gap between rich & poor Increasing importance of education Separation of elite & popular culturesLIFE IN THE OLD REGIMELifestyles of the Rich and Famous Large, multi-roomed homes windows & mirrors utensils & furnishings specialized roomsLIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Access to great variety of food development of cuisineLifestyles of the not-so Rich and Famous Small, dark cottages no glass windows no separation of rooms often lived with livestockLIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Limited variety of foodNew products, new pastimes Growing popularity of new products coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate tobacco & alcoholLIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Coffee houses & tavernsIncreasing Urbanization Fueled by growth of wealthy classes demand for consumer goods led to more artisans, shopkeepers demand for professionals expanded middle classLIFE IN THE OLD REGIMEIncreasing Urbanization Effects on middle & upper classes Increased wealth Improved housing Increased access to education & professional opportunitiesLIFE IN THE OLD REGIMEIncreasing Urbanization Effects on lower classes Increased poverty Crowded & unsanitary living conditions Increased drunkenness & disorderLIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Increased promiscuity, prostitution & child abandonmentElite and Popular Cultures Popular Culture Mostly oral, but spread of literacy led to publication of books for masses Fairs, carnivals, sports = sources of entertainmentLIFE IN THE OLD REGIME Continued belief in witches, demons, superstition, folk remedies, old traditionsElite and Popular Cultures Elite Culture Entertainment based on classics, literature, high art• ballet, opera, symphony & theaters Increasingly turned to reason, science, professional medicine LIFE IN THE OLD