6. The Social Pyramid Daylaborers, paupers, criminals, etc. Tenant Farmers and Petty Householders Royalty and Greater Nobility Lesser Nobility Greater Bourgeoisie: Merchants, etc. Petty Bourgeoisie: Artisans, etc. Freeholders, small landlords
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23. Religious Spectrum of England Radicals Puritans Anglicans “Church Papists” Recusants While the Anglicans would be the largest group, over time, many of the influential landholders, as they had in France and Germany, converted to a more robust form of Protestantism – they became Puritans.