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> (upper) middle class people It reflects a great change in Western society, which really began to flourish first in the Netherlands, where the merchant and in
by JJMcJ 2y ago
> (upper) middle class people
It reflects a great change in Western society, which really began to flourish first in the Netherlands, where the merchant and industrial classes began to be dominant, and were growing sick of pretending it wasn't true.
Mostly in Britain these days, we see the final pretenses of the nobility on display.
- ghaff 2y agoHolland is really where the wealthy merchant class first became dominant in Europe--and was generally not subservient to the nobility as in other other countries.