Essays about: "noble tenants"

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  1. 1. The Enclosure Movements – A Path towards Social Differentiation? Lessons from Southern Sweden in the 19th Century

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Bergenfeldt; [2008]
    Keywords : enclosure; social differentiation; freeholders; noble tenants; landless and semi-landless people; parish.; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : From the end of the 18th century, agriculture in Sweden changed dramatically due to enclosures in the parishes with freeholders. In the parishes with noble tenants, land was instead redistributed according to a manorial landlords’ decision. The first aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of the enclosure movements on social differentiation. READ MORE