HIST111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Stevedore, Aristocracy, Bourgeoisie
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The class system was most prevalent in britain, but was also present in continental. Education - duty as parent to provide children with education keystones: books, music, travelling majority of education privately paid. Universities of cambridge and oxford require membership to the church of. England non-denominational, focusing on progressive science in response, middle class set up their own church. Most of the middle class money was spent on self-improvement. Evangelicals (mostly british) emphasize individual"s personal conversion, sinful passions. 1/2 working class go to church and continuously decreases in middle class, women most devout, thus forming role to raise pious children. Family life and separate spheres women expand domestic sphere into public to show a compassionate light to public sphere argue for public vote by arguing that domestic values need to be introduced into the public sphere. 4/5 are working class, although the majority of these are agricultural workers someone who did physical labour, and did not employ servants.