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2026-10-17 19:44

Before it became possible to get rich by creating wealth, the way to do it was to be on the winning side in a military or political dispute. LiorLefineder @lefineder After William conquered England in 1066, he incorporated 21% of the land in England as his royal estate. Then came the rewards for his close followers: 57 people were given control of half the land in England. Based on the origin of names in the Domesday Book, we can see that almost all major landholders were Norman; only a few hundred English landholders (mostly with smaller lands) are named, who in total possessed just 8% of the landed wealth in England (this figure includes ecclesiastical landholding as well; if only private landholders are counted, it would be even lower)." 🔗 View Quoted Tweet

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Before it became possible to get rich by creating wealth, the way to do it was to be on the winning side in a military or political dispute.

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LiorLefineder@lefineder

After William conquered England in 1066, he incorporated 21% of the land in England as his royal estate.  
  
Then came the rewards for his close followers: 57 people were given control of half the land in England.  
  
Based on the origin of names in the Domesday Book, we can see that almost all major landholders were Norman; only a few hundred English landholders (mostly with smaller lands) are named, who in total possessed just 8% of the landed wealth in England (this figure includes ecclesiastical landholding as well; if only private landholders are counted, it would be even lower)."

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