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17 November, 12:04

What were the economic and social problems that troubled europe from 1560 to 1650?

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  1. 17 November, 12:17
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    Among other things, an unbelievable inflation hit Europe during that period. It was caused by what the Spanish empire did. It brought back huge amount of which initiated the value of gold to plummet. Europe has never been in this situation and it was incomprehensible to They thought more gold is better, but suddenly prices started to increase bizarrely. There was also very few silver being produced at the time, hence pirate attacks became very rampant.

    A large part of the continent was torn apart by conflicts both domestic and international between varying religions like Protestants and Catholics. There was the Dutch revolution between 1568 and 1648, the French Wars of Religion which lasted 36 years from 1562 to 1598, the Thirty Years War in 1618 through 1648, and the Spanish Armada Expedition, to name a few.

    Another problem was in the East, the threat Ottoman Yurkey which posed to Europe.

    There was also population decline, plague, economic warfare, and famine.
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