Secrets of the Manor House - Part 2/4

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  @peterbradshaw8018 · 13 years ago

  Primogeniture was one of the reasons the aristocracy were able to counter the power of the monarch. In several areas in India the constant division of property equally resulted in poverty. You need a critical mass of capital to sustain growth of said capital.

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  @patriciaheil6811 · 7 years ago

  this "documentary" ignores that some landowners entailed their land to keep their heirs from selling it off. The heirs became land poor because they were also responsible for paying their mothers' jointures and settlements on their sisters, as well as annuities to retired servants. Losing face if they engaged in trade, they had to mortgage land or marry rich girls who might be descended from slaves, conquered peoples in Asia, or from City families whom they would not admit to their homes. When wasteful gambling and other excesses made it impossible to renew mortgages, the estate went under the hammer to the rich people excluded from them socially.

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• CO

  @CowboyJojosAdventures · 13 years ago

  I enjoyed this documentry very much. The division between the rich and poor was very sad.

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• SO

  @songbirdy · 6 years ago

  My ancestry is predominantly English but I have a feeling I am a direct descendant of the scullery maid!

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• MS

  @msbrowngault · 7 years ago

  That's it. I'm getting a French chef🤨

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• SA

  @sandriagutierrez2605 · 4 years ago

  Really enjoy this documentary. Thank you

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  @andrewbrendan1579 · 12 years ago

  A lot of drudgery & little pay for the staff yet I also admire the complexity & effectiveness of how the English manor house functioned. The housekeepers & butlers are similar to today's executives running multi-department organizations &I respect and admire those people who worked so hard & for so long doing the scrubbing & washing, the hauling & carrying, emptying chamber pots & doing other unappealing, unglamorous chores. People still do those tasks & deserve respect & decent wages.

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  @rachelweiss7972 · 9 years ago

  The Persian Empire ruled 44% of the world's population, and the British Empire is 2nd to the Ottoman Empire in land.

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  @clarisd · 12 years ago

  Wow, it would seem the shift that took place served to end these classes and consolidate power into the new Banking moguls. Moves well done to be sure the mannor lords seem to dwindle to but a few. masterfully played.

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• 72

  @72Yonatan · 14 years ago

  Fascinating look into the recent past, which was a world that existed for over a millennia. I can more easily understand why some of my ancestors were rebels against the English.

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  @davidcantler9635 · 3 years ago

  Absolute love this series!

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  @andrewbrendan1579 · 12 years ago

  I've read or heard that at least part of the reason England didn't have a revolution similar to the one in France is that there was a religious revival going on (the Methodist denomination began during this time) and there was liberalization of some of the laws in England. I'm sure there were many reasons but this one sounds like a valid one among multiple reasons. Maybe someone else can add to this.

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