enclosure movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affects peasants
gptkbp:causedBy agricultural innovation
demand for wool
gptkbp:effect gptkb:urban_development
displacement of rural population
increase in agricultural productivity
privatization of common land
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label enclosure movement
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Enclosure_Acts
gptkbp:mainlyBenefited landowners
gptkbp:method fencing off land
hedging land
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:England
gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:period 16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
gptkbp:precededBy open field system
gptkbp:relatedTo industrial revolution
agricultural revolution
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Second_Agricultural_Revolution
gptkb:The_Elizabethans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5