19th Century Research (Social Class)

The importance of social class in the 19Th century was that it defined and categorised society and set principles and "rules" for the people in them. For example the upper classes mainly made up of the royal family,lords and Lady's and other aristocracy with large sums of wealth. The Middle class was mainly made up from bankers factory workers or people of circumstance. However although these classes may seem similar on paper the rules of asocial classes meant they weren't supposed to interact.