HIS337H1 Final: Study Notes.docx
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Aristocracy (ranks 1-5): had titles, right to sit in house of lords and right to trial by peer. The aristocracy and gentry together own the most land and employ the most people; economy is 85% agriculture; these people are powerful politically and economically, become pms, have civil service positions, are judges, professors, lawyers, higher clergy. While younger sons worked, daughters were sent to be married; upper class daughters did not work. Derogation: if you are a noble must stay connected to this to remain a noble; These older distinctions are breaking down as wealth goes up, birth means less; Upper middle class: big business/senior rank of job. Middle middle class: lawyers, doctors, foot soldiers lower middle class: manual labour the middle class was growing over the 18th c; due to eco diversification and expansion; also because the urban gentry shade into the upper middle class;
