Tudor Enclosures

Enclosing land was a real social issue involving foreign trade, the rights of the common man and the creation of modern Britain. In this one I specifically look at enclosing during the Tudor period and some of the effects it had on society.

Music Used:
Suonatore Di Liuto - Kevin MacLeod

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[jdlc]

This is such an important part of our history.
This makes up the first accumulation and the development of landless proletariat

[philipians]

interesting timing you put this up. i've recently decided on my dissertation as enclosure, though in a different century, but have been reading a lot about tudor enclosure the last week

[trojanette]

Would love for you to do one on the Highland and Lowland Clearances: it's Pros, Cons, Purposes and Consequences

[lloyddavies]

mate another great video, this time really learnt something completely new and intresting! allways like to learn about an old rebellion and how the common people used to live. any civil wars videos coming?

[cx]

Hi Hilbert, I realise I'm about 7 years late but I don't quite understand the rent-raising thing at 6:10 - why were there less workers on the remaining arable land, and why did the landowners raise the rent on it when they had already been faring well with the lower rents before (especially with the added income of enclosure)? Thanks

[fuzzydunlop]

"We live in an anarcho-syndicalist commune! We have no kings here!"
"Oh, Dennis, there's some LOVELY filth over here!"

[peterfireflylund]

The 'c' in "mercantile" is pronounced like a 'k' and not like an 's'.

[dundrawir]

I highly recommend reading De Bourgondiërs van Bart Van Loo! It’s about the importance of Flanders and how the netherlands were formed and it also explains the cloth trade with England. (It’s in Dutch/ Vlaams)

[mitchclark]

ENCLOSURES: THE BIRTH OF CAPITALISM -- Some seem to think that capitalism is just any sort of market-based economy. But that can't be; we had markets before capitalism. There's more to it than that. Capitalism is a system built on the relationship between those who own the property and control the means of production (the people who provide capital), and those who don't (the people who provide labor). That relationship began when land owners ejected the people who worked their land, built walls and gates around their land, and then invited people to enter their land temporarily in order to provide labor for wages. Enclosures are the beginning of capitalism.

[twirlipofthemists]

This kind of thing has happened a lot, and it seems likely to happen again soon.

[kubadychton]

2:00 What rights? I can't make out the word can someone write it for me

[philipians]

"Sheep have eaten up our meadows and our downs
"Our corn, our wood, whole villages and towns"

[sonofeast]

Hilbert, you're not doing AS History are you by any chance...?

[garychynne]

the poor peasant and the mighty fence
even today they raise the rents
yesteryear held so dear
now tomorrow is drawing near
thank yew hilbert an interesting way of looking at it. take care gare

[jdlc]

2:17 i mean with all the land there is in England, couldnt they find the space

[nosubscribe]

I have one complaint with this video,


Belgium is not real.

[mekbossdigzumteknologeeluv]

Question did you get the silhouette for the male present from the game Battle for Wesnoth because that's the portrait for the peasant unit in the game

[AholeAtheist]

Are you going to do a video on the Highland and Lowland clearances?

[jaywilliams]

history with hilbert what topic in history do you know most about and what is your fav?

[thomassugg]

Very interesting keep up the great work.