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Ever since the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 the estate system imposed continuity on developments in rural society and on agriculture, which was for centuries the largest sector in the economy. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 was not the start of change but was a stage in the national expansion of commercial influence. The estate system was perpetuated by prolonged inflows of trading profits and the entry of new merchant personnel. They were absorbed sufficiently well for the landed interest to remain a cohesive elite which produced similar effects through time and space. Treatment of domestic servants was especially distasteful, including sexual harassment, and conditions were poor for farmworkers.
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Jones, E.L. (2018). The Landed Interest. In: Landed Estates and Rural Inequality in English History. Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74869-6_1
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