1. LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME

2.  Determining factors: social status, wealth, gender, location, religion  Growing gap between rich & poor  Increasing importance of education  Separation of elite & popular cultures LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME

3. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous  Large, multi-roomed homes  windows & mirrors  utensils & furnishings  specialized rooms LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME  Access to great variety of food  development of cuisine

4. Lifestyles of the not-so Rich and Famous  Small, dark cottages  no glass windows  no separation of rooms  often lived with livestock LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME  Limited variety of food

5. New products, new pastimes  Growing popularity of new products  coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate  tobacco & alcohol LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME  Coffee houses & taverns

6. Increasing Urbanization  Fueled by growth of wealthy classes  demand for consumer goods led to more artisans, shopkeepers  demand for professionals expanded middle class LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME

7. Increasing Urbanization  Effects on middle & upper classes  Increased wealth  Improved housing  Increased access to education & professional opportunities LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME

8. Increasing Urbanization  Effects on lower classes  Increased poverty  Crowded & unsanitary living conditions  Increased drunkenness & disorder LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME  Increased promiscuity, prostitution & child abandonment

9. Elite and Popular Cultures  Popular Culture  Mostly oral, but spread of literacy led to publication of books for masses  Fairs, carnivals, sports = sources of entertainment LIFE IN THE OLD REGIME  Continued belief in witches, demons, superstition, folk remedies, old traditions

10. Elite 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 REGIME