Landed nobility
Landed nobility or landed
landownership
was part of their noble privileges. Their character depends on the country.
- The notion of landed gentry in the United Kingdom and Ireland varied over time.[1]
- In Russian Empire landed nobles were called pomeshchiks, with the term literally translated as "estate owner".
- Junkers were the landed nobility of Prussia and eastern Germany.
- Landadel were the landed nobility of the Holy Roman Empire.
- In Poland, landed gentry.
- In some places, e.g., in landed estates was distinct from landed nobility.[2]In general, relations between landed nobility and towns was very complex in Europe.
- In India, Nairsconstituted the landed gentry and owned vast amounts of land spread out in current day Kerala and parts of Southern Tamil Nadu.
- In the Doña.
- Within certain communities in Kingdom of Lagos, for example, landownership is not traditionally vested in the Oba of Lagos, who is descended from later immigrants from the Kingdom of Benin, but is instead vested in the so-called Idejo class of titled aristocrats, who all claim descent from the earliest Yorubasettlers of Lagos.
- In California, according to 1978 California Proposition 13, the tax basis on real estate is much lower for older property owners than for newcomers. Further, according to 1986 California Proposition 58 and 1996 California Proposition 193, the low tax basis is inherited by the children and grandchildren of property owners. NIMBY policies and rapidly increasing property values have led to a large socioeconomic gap in both homeownership and property tax burden. This has led some to call California property owners the new landed nobility.[3]
References
- ISBN 978-1-317-82853-2.
- ^ Study Day on the Landed Nobility and the City in Renaissance Europe[permanent dead link], University of Warwick, 17 March 2004
- ^ Landlords and Heirs: Why Prop 13 isn’t just unfair, it’s un-American. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
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