Landed nobility

Landed nobility

Landed nobility is a category of nobility in various countries over the history, for which landownership was part of their noble privileges. Their character depends on the country.

*Landed gentry is the landed nobility in the United Kingdom.
*In Russian Empire landed nobles were called "pomeshchiks", with the term literally translated as "landed estate owner". See Russian nobility for more.
*Junkers were the landed nobility of Prussia and Eastern Germany
*In Poland, "szlachta" were usually landowners, with magnates being the class of the wealthiest "szlachta". Middle and smaller landed szlachta was called "ziemiaństwo/zemianie" (from the word "zemia", land), usually translated as landed gentry.
*In some places, e.g., in Low Countries before Spanish rule, urban nobility with landed estates was distinct from landed nobility. [ [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/publications/journal/ten/shaw.doc Study Day on the Landed Nobility and the City in Renaissance Europe] , University of Warwick, 17 March 2004] In general, relations between landed nobility and towns was very complex in Europe.

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