Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Ever wonder the British Aristocracy is? Well, in this video I break down how the Aristocracy was a social class in English history that dominated all major spheres of life from government to religion to fashion. Learn all about how, as members of the landed gentry, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy were part of the top of society in the 1800s.

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🕰 Watching Guide
00:00 What is Aristocracy? [Intro]
00:40 What does Aristocracy mean? Form of Government
02:14 Aristocracy Hierarchy: Royalty, Nobility and Peerage, Landed Gentry Meaning
04:40 Aristocracy's Social Ties
05:45 What did the Aristocracy rule? Land
06:12 Parliament: House of Lords and House of Commons
07:38 Law and Church
9:28 Military and Education
10:11 Fashion and Good Society

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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🧐 Learn More

Aristocracy, Member of The (2016). MANNERS AND RULES OF GOOD SOCIETY: Or solecisms to be avoided (classic reprint). Place of publication not identified: FORGOTTEN Books.

Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2020, May 27). Aristocracy. Encyclopedia Britannica. britannica.com/topic/aristocracy

Cannadine, D., & American Council of Learned Societies. (1990). The decline and fall of the British aristocracy. Find Here: amzn.to/3N6Xhma

Evans, H., Evans, M., & Mary Evans Picture Library. (1976). The party that lasted 100 days: The late Victorian Season : a social study. London: Macdonald and Jane's. Find Here: amzn.to/3WYhHSE

Honan, P. (1997). Jane Austen: Her life. London: Phoenix Giant. Find Here: amzn.to/43wK64C

Mangnall, R. (1820). Historical and Miscellaneous Questions, for the Use of Young People: With a Selection of British, and General Biography, &c. &c. United Kingdom: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ... and Hurst, Robinson, and Company. Find here: go.magik.ly/ml/1u49k

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