SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN ENGLAND

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SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN ENGLAND by Mind Map: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN ENGLAND

1. DIFFERENT SOCIAL CATEGORIES

1.1. PEASANTRY

1.1.1. Work land that belong to the aristocracy, church or state.

1.1.1.1. HOME PRODUCTION

1.1.1.1.1. FARMING

1.1.1.1.2. TEXTILE

1.1.2. SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOUR

1.1.2.1. MEN

1.1.2.1.1. PLOWING

1.1.2.2. WOMEN

1.1.2.2.1. HARVEST

1.1.3. OBLIGATIONS

1.1.3.1. PAID ROYAL TAX COLLECTOR

1.1.3.2. CHURCH COMPULSORY TITHE

1.1.3.3. PROVIDE SEED GRAIN FOR NEXT YEAR

1.1.4. VILLAGE ASSEMBLIES

1.1.4.1. Led by the elders or by the heads of the households controlling most of the land

1.1.4.1.1. Dictated farming, methods and crop rotation

1.1.4.1.2. settled disputes

1.1.4.1.3. collected taxes

1.1.4.1.4. arranged marriages

1.1.4.2. SERFDOM

1.1.4.2.1. were not chattel property

1.1.4.2.2. Rarely sold without including the land that they farmed or without their families.

1.1.4.2.3. enjoyed a few traditional legal rights

1.1.4.2.4. could not press charges or give evidence against nobles or their bailiffs

1.1.4.2.5. OBLIGATIONS

1.1.4.3. Women were excluded from participation

1.1.5. NOT AN HOMOGENOUS CLASS

1.1.5.1. SLAVERY

1.1.5.1.1. TRIANGULAR TRADE

1.2. ARISTOCRACY

1.2.1. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

1.2.1.1. small class

1.2.1.1.1. not homogeneous

1.2.1.2. some enjoyed luxury

1.2.1.3. privileged and powerful

1.2.1.4. dominant elite

1.2.1.5. had different laws and traditions

1.2.2. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

1.2.2.1. land owners

1.2.2.2. dominated offices of the state in

1.2.2.2.1. government

1.2.2.2.2. military

1.2.2.3. tax exemption

1.2.3. GRADUATION OF STATUS

1.2.3.1. depended on the family’s

1.2.3.1.1. nobility period

1.2.3.1.2. acquisition of the title

1.2.3.1.3. wealth and political influence it held

1.2.3.1.4. amount of serfs they had

1.2.4. DIFFERENCES WITH ARISTOCRACY

1.2.4.1. free from obligations upon the peasantry

1.2.4.2. lacked

1.2.4.2.1. their privileges

1.2.4.2.2. hereditary titles

1.2.4.3. THE BOURGEOISIE

1.2.4.3.1. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

1.2.4.3.2. not wealthy and powerful

1.2.4.3.3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

1.2.4.3.4. URBAN POPULATION

1.3. TOWN DWELLERS

1.3.1. GUILDS

1.3.1.1. dominant feature of an artisan’s life

1.3.1.1.1. Regulated the right to sell goods.

1.3.1.1.2. Restrict or training, access to each occupation

1.3.1.1.3. Definded standars of quality

1.3.1.2. PURPOSE

1.3.1.2.1. organization of craft production

1.3.1.3. MEMBERSHIP

1.3.1.3.1. THREE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

2. 18TH CENTURY

3. SOCIOECONOMICAL STRUCTURE

3.1. MERCANTILISM

3.1.1. MAIN

3.1.1.1. PRINCIPLES

3.1.1.1.1. a concept called "autarky"

3.1.1.2. FEATURES

3.1.1.2.1. chiefly concerned in

3.1.1.2.2. well developed economic philosophy