Enclosure movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Enclosure
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Enclosure_Acts
gptkbp:effect social unrest
rural depopulation
increased agricultural productivity
gptkbp:enables gptkb:Enclosure_Acts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Enclosure movement
gptkbp:influenced land tenure systems
rural society in Britain
gptkbp:involves privatization of common land
consolidation of land
gptkbp:mainPeriod 16th to 19th centuries
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
landowners
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:England
gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:opposedBy small farmers
rural poor
gptkbp:precededBy open field system
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkb:Agricultural_Revolution
gptkbp:resultedIn urban migration
displacement of peasant farmers
rise of commercial agriculture
loss of common rights
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:early_modern_England
gptkb:Early_Modern_England
gptkb:18th-century_England
gptkb:Highland_Clearances
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6