HIST 4043 Chapter : NOTES CHAPTER 2
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There is a clear understanding of the people that they born to a rank in society. That rank depends upon their birth and is god-given. If you are born a tenant farmer, it"s god"s will that you stick to that place. Social mobility was illegitimate not supposed to happen. If it did, a family would just try to hide its origins and pretend it has been of high rank. The children of the king and queen are not automatically noble it has to be given to them by their king and without it, they are just like any other commoner. The privilege of nobility comes from the king he has the power to create nobles. English society: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. These are the noble titles the king can offer. Nobles are all entitled to a seat in the house of.
