History B Schools History Project GCSE
Social hierarchy and class
What Social hierarchy and class means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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The social structure saw the Anglo-Saxon elite replaced by a Norman aristocracy, while below them free peasants declined and unfree villeins increased, making the hierarchy more rigid.
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