
Episode 154: English Equality
The History of English Podcast
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What Is the History of the Countryside?
Botanists like william turner were fascinated by the variety of plants that they encountered. But in the mid 15 hundreds, the country side was also the source of a growing economic problem. A commission was established by the english government to deal with what was happening in the countryside. People were being uprooted and forced into nearby towns and cities. And a major source of the problem was the enclosure of land by wealthy landowners.
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