Great Britain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
Collections:
Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library
...prominence to the burgess and artisan classes. In the 14th cent. the English began...farmers from their lands and produced a class of wandering, unemployed "sturdy beggars...in the size and wealth of the middle class, which lacked commensurate political...Reform Acts ) enfranchised the middle class and redistributed seats to give greater...reasons, enfranchised the urban working classes and was followed shortly (under Gladstone...