The Renaissance was a period of "rebirth" in arts, science, and European society. It was a transition from the ancient world to modern.
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They created irrigation systems and used canals to control flooding. They also used the silt brought by the floods to help with their farming.
<span>The population of Europe declined by around 1/3 (like 27-33%) and most of which was the peasantry. This lack of peasantry didn't mean that the work they had to do was also diminished. They still had to do all the work, only with less numbers. This increased amount of labor lead to unrest in the societies in the Medieval era. They demanded a type of increased wage, or allowance of food/ration, and eventually gained some ground, which led a sort of Yeoman class, (emerging lower class) in England, and the bourgeoisie, for example, in France.</span>
They bought there freedom
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Estates of the Realm and Taxation. France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). ... The system was outrageously unjust in throwing a heavy tax burden on the poor and powerless.
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