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Why Was the Aristocracy Widely Perceived to be in Crisis in 1880-1950?
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Charlotte Lavin. Dr. Ian Packer Why Was the Aristocracy Widely Perceived to be in Crisis in 1880-1950? For centuries the aristocracy had remained Britain's 'ruling elite', a few ruling families dominated the social, economical and political spheres. Yet by the 1880's, as the question suggests, this commanding grip looked to be under threat and thus bringing the aristocracy into crisis. A crisis is often defined as a turning point, a time of acute trouble or danger. Can this definition be rightly used to describe what occurred to the aristocracy post 1880? And what or/and who caused this 'crisis' if there was one? Perhaps the most obvious sign of the aristocracy in crisis was that from the late nineteenth century land had begun to lose its political influence and financial security. Since the advent of Feudalism the peerage and the land had been undeniably linked, but all this changed in those seventy years (1880-1950)....
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