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		qznc on July 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Just Too Efficient The farmers probably paid the aristocracy before as well under a different name. What prevented the aristocrats to increase it before?

m12k on July 12, 2020 [–]

No, the aristocracy didn't own the land before it was enclosed - the land used to just be commonly owned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure

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