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    Social hierarchy and subversion

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    Radical movements challenged the established social hierarchy, terrifying the conservative gentry.
    AQA · 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – Revolution, 1629–1649 (study guide)

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