Socially and politically, a landed aristocracy was the dominant class on the continent. The members of this class were united by a common way of life that cut across regional divisions. They owned estates in the country side and also town-houses. They spoke trench for purposes of diplomacy and in high society. Their families were often connected by ties of marriage.This powerful airstocracy was, however, numerically a small group. The majority of the population was made up of the peasantry. To the west, the bulk of the land was framed by tenants and small owners, while in Eastern and Central Europe the pattern fo landholding was characterised by vast estates which were cultivated by serfs.(a) Why landed atistrocracy was dominant?(b) Infer the importance of French language used by aristrocrats?(c) How was landholding characterised in eastern and central Europe?
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