Society on Elizabeth's accession

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  • Created on: 29-02-20 12:28
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  • Social hierarchy
    • The countryside
      • Homeless and Vagrants
        • moved place to place looking for work
      • Landless and labouring poor
        • did not own/rent land, worked as labour
      • Tenant farmers
        • rented land from yeoman farmers and gentry
      • Yeomen farmers
        • Owned small amount of land
      • Gentry
        • Owned smaller estates
      • Nobility
        • major landowners
      • 90% of population
    • Towns
      • Business owners
        • highly skilled craftsmen
      • Professionals
        • lawyers, doctors, clergymen
      • Craftsmen
        • skilled employees, apprentices
      • Merchants
        • wealthy traders
      • Unskilled labourers and unemployed
        • no regular work, could not provide
      • 10% of population
    • Obedience and care
      • respect and obedience to those above you
      • Duty of care to those below you
      • husband and father were head of household

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