Middling Sort

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in Impact of Empire 1688–c.1730.

Definition

An emerging social class positioned between the landowning gentry and the laboring poor, comprising merchants, shopkeepers, and professionals.

Exam Context

Middling Sort appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Impact of Empire 1688–c.1730 and Political and Social Impact of Empire.

British Depth Studies Impact of Empire 1688–c.1730 Political and Social Impact of Empire

Study Pathways

British Depth Studies

Impact of Empire 1688–c.1730

Political and Social Impact of Empire

British Thematic Studies

War and British Society c.790–2010

War c.1500–c.1750

Found in Revision Notes

British Depth Studies

Consumerism and the British Infrastructure of the Slave Trade

Impact of Empire 1688–c.1730 • Political and Social Impact of Empire

Revise note

British Thematic Studies

Elizabethan Warfare and Border Society

War and British Society c.790–2010 • War c.1500–c.1750

Revise note

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