Changing structure of society
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| show | Comprised no more than 5 percent of the population yet had control over 70% of the land enabling them to have social and political power.
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| show | Ownership of land entitled people to have access political power. No land - no power.
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| show | Monarch, Nobility and the gentry.
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| show | Major landholding meant they had influence in rent rates and food prices.
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| show | In 1688 the influence extended upon trade, finance, rent, and manufacturing. Established town houses and London residences.
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| show | - Challenged by the new commercial and merchant class.
- Losing the civil war meant royalist nobles lost money and lands which were confiscated by the republic.
- House of Lords was abolished in 1649 and revived in 1660 with the convention parliament.
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| show | Lawyers, merchants, doctors, the clergy, musicians and architects. Many of these professionals purchased land for their family and became part of the landed gentry.
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| show | Being the largest social group attending universities they became more educated, especially in farming techniques. Improved quality of their land through drainage and land reclamation.
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| show | Success in educational attainment and personal wealth enhanced their social standing and political self confidence. This was reflected from figures such as Pym, Hampden and Cromwell.
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