Applicable to Britain 1066-1500, Britain 1500-1750, Britain 1750-1900, and many aspects of GCSE and AS/A2 courses. The version given in full here is for use in a study of Victorian Britain.

This tackles the troublesome concept of relative status in a changing society. Exactly what is it that bestows status on people - wealth, land, rank, piety, religion, occupation? And how do these values change over time?