Renaissance marriages were not simply personal matters; they were
crucial to the network of alliances that underlay a family’s prosperity
and prospects and that, in turn, formed the fabric of loyalties,
affection, and obligation that supported civic institutions. Arranging a
suitable match involved family, friends, associates, and political.in aristocratic families, marriages were a currency of dynastic and diplomatic exchange
His innovations as the phonograph, the incandescent light bulb and one of the earliest motion picture cameras. He also created the world's first industrial research laboratory.
They brought common lands and they evicted tenant farmers. I'm pretty sure.