From the fifteenth century, the English religious and political revolutions had meant a transfer of power from the Church and the old aristocracy to the new landlords, a process that was complete by the middle of the eighteenth century.
從十五世紀開始，英國歷經宗教革命與政治改革，天主教會和舊貴族的領地，大批轉移到新地主的手中。