What happened then was a craze for these specialized tulips.We call that craze “tulip mania.”So—here we’ve got all the conditions for an-an irrational boom: a prospering economy, so more people had more disposable income—money to spend on luxuries—but they weren’t experienced at inv...
What happened then was a craze for these specialized tulips. We call that craze “tulip mania.”So—here we’ve got all the conditions for an-an irrational boom: a prospering economy, so more people had more disposable income—money to spend on luxuries—but they weren’t experienced at ...
By the 1630s, Amsterdam was an important port and commercial center. 在1630年代,阿姆斯特丹成为重要的贸易港口和金融中心。 Dutch ships imported spices from Asia in huge quantities 荷兰商船从亚洲大量进口香料 to earn profits in Europe. 在欧洲赚取利润。 So Amsterdam was brimming with wealthy, skilled ...
"The Most Glorious Church in the World": The Unity of the Godly in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 1630s The dominant historiographical trend in Puritan studies, started by Patrick Collinson, stresses the conservative nature of Puritanism. It notes Puritanism's strong opposition to the separatist im...
Historical background(历史背景)Two important historical events happened during the century in which Chaucer lived and their influence can be detected in the writings of Chaucer and Langland. The first was the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, starting from the reign of Edward III (...
is the collective realization that the price of the stock, or a tulip, far exceeds its worth. That's what happened with both manias. Suddenly the demand ended. Prices were pushed to staggering lows, and pop! The bubbles burst, and the market crashed. Today, scholars work long and hard ...
That's what happened with both manias. Suddenly the demand ended. Prices were pushed to staggering lows, and pop! The bubbles burst, and the market crashed. Today, scholars work long and hard trying to predict what causes a bubble and how to avoid them. Tulip mania is an effective illustr...
Nobody is denying that the Dutch became very excited about tulips in the 1630s. Over the preceding decades, a thrilling range of new plants arrived in Europe, such as potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, French beans, runner beans and, of course, tulips. Tulip bulbs were suffic...
Soon ___ amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Ben had what they called a “green thumb”. The plants he ___ grew, and the roses blossomed (开花). People started to accept his ___ on gardening, because he had an eye for color and light. One day while he was in...
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