The English Class System

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The English Class System

June 20, 2007 by Vic

The British Class system during the Regency Period was fixed and defined among the nobility, gentry, working class people, servant class, and the poor. Read more about these distinctions in the following links.

The English Class System, particularly the section before the Victorian era

What the Butler Saw and High Society in the Regency: Book Reviews

Correct Forms of Address

The Pride of the Servant Class in Pickwick and North and South

Domestic Service and Gender, 1660-1750: Life and Work in the London Household & Domestique et servante.

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