Paul Sorrells

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The lords lost their exclusive hunting and fishing rights, and were no longer able to hunt on other people’s land. Seigneurial monopolies were ended, though the sole right to distil and sell liquor was retained in the Habsburg Monarchy until the end of the 1860s. The feudal status of the lords came to an end, though not the social deference that came with it.
The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815–1914 (The Penguin History of Europe Book 7)
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