CHAPTER VI

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1. Change in economic conditions. The extension of the markets and large-scale production; division of producers into classes; _compagnonnage_.--2. Change in intellectual conditions. The Renaissance. The Reformation.--3. Change in political conditions. The central authority is driven to interfere: (_a_) through political interest; (_b_) through fiscal interest; (_c_) through public interest.