Social Classes of Early Modern England: Examples

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Gentry

Elite Middling

Upper Middling

“Profession-al” Middling

Solid/Accumulative Middling

Precarious Emergent/Latent Middling

Precarious Household Middling

Dependent Contingent Middling

Wage Labourer

Dependent Poor