The Extreme Change in Western Europe From 1450 and 1750

Between 1450 and 1750, political, economic, and artistic changes affected Western Europe. Politically, in the 1400's parts of Europe had a feudalistic government and feudal monarchies but overtime Europe adapted to absolute monarchies, parliamentary monarchies, and nation-states. Economically, with feudalism declining, capitalism and mercantilism grew with the commercial revolution. In the arts, there was a change from the mostly religious art of the middle Ages to the Renaissance focus on realism, and humanistic ideas during the enlightenment revolution, also new scientific ideas during the scientific revolution.

Politically, in the 1400's parts of Europe had a feudalistic government and some, feudal monarchies but overtime Europe adapted to absolute monarchies, parliamentary monarchies, and nation-states. The dominant social system in Medieval Europe was feudalism, in which the nobility held land in exchange for military service, and vassals were tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were to live on their lord's land and give him labor, and a share of the produce, in exchange for military protection. However, the age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution affected Europe and brought new political changes. Before the Enlightenment, there were feudal systems, and most people lived in small villages and were ruled by feudal lords. Eventually there were new thinkers like John Locke and Isaac Newton. These individuals were about reason, logic, and the scientific method. John Locke, as one example, is an enlightenment age thinker and his ideas influenced the Founding Fathers, the ideas of democracy, liberty and free will. The French Revolution is also important, a period of political upheaval that affected France in which s...

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...cause it shows the transformation from religious motivations of the Medievalists to earthly thinking by the modern day Europeans.

Between 1450 and 1750, political, economic, and artistic changes affected Western Europe. The European feudal government transformed into absolute and parliamentary monarchies, and nation-states. Economically, feudalism slowly altered due to the high demands in commercial activities primarily caused by the Age of Exploration and the introduction of new economic methods like capitalism and mercantilism. The religiously centered art of the fifteenth century became humanistic and earthly primarily because of the Renaissance and the age of Enlightenment. The changes in politics, economics, and the arts between 1450 and 1750 were beneficial for Europe, allowing the civilization to become modernized and able to adapt to outside implications.