The English Country House has developed from the Middle Ages from a place of residence into a functional institution and into a monument of political, cultural, and economic power. At its peak it functioned as a local power base for noble and gentry families. Often enough the rivalries within the county between various would-be dominant families were expressed in terms of attempts to expand 'the House' and outbid the neighbours. Topics to be covered: The growth of territorial estates and the importance of the family entail, The significance of the gentry in local government and administration of the legal system, Rivalries between 'gentry' and 'aristocracy', as for example Rainham versus Houghton, The results of nineteenth-century agricultural changes and the decline of the 'landed interest', The legacy of the country house and the consequent problems.
Name: The English country house and the landed gentry Qualification title: Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 2, History, 13 to 20 hrs, PW A Qualification type: Assessment Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20150805 17:56:09 Updated 20150805 17:56:09
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Title: Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 2, History, 13 to 20 hrs, PW A Qualification: Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Level 2, History, 13 to 20 hrs, PW A Classification: History, Philosophy and Theology