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In the period 1730-1765, devices such as the flying shuttle, spinning frame, and the spinning jenny were invented in the Imperial heartland. With increasing mechanization bleeding into other sectors and a greater ability to refine cast iron, the early stage of the Industrial Revolution had begun in Levantia. King-Emperor Leo (to 1768), and his son Brian (reigned 1768-1781), largely allowed the economy to progress without intervention.

===Lasting impacts on social class reforms===

===Lasting impacts of social class reforms===

The period between 1575 and 1798 in Urcean history is characterized by great social changes brought about due to legal changes, especially reforms to the system of [[Social class in Urcea]], but also due to the [[Great Confessional War]] and public response to it.

During this period, the [[Social class in Urcea|privilegiata]] grew in wealth and social influence.

During this period, the [[Social class in Urcea|privilegiata]] grew in wealth and social influence, such that by 1700 they were the driving economic force in the country. Historians have generally attributed their success to the Leonine social reforms but also to very cheap and widely available land and productive capability seized by the state from {{wp|Protestants}} and sold off in fair, open auctions. This system enabled productive middle class burghers of the privilegiata class to acquire the lion's share of available land and materials. Traditional liberal histories in the [[Occident]] emphasized the injustice of the [[Dragonnades]], but recent revisionists have noted that the seizure of land and materials from wealthy Protestant magnates and sale to a largely privilegiata group of buyers represents one of the largest programs of {{wp|Redistribution of income and wealth|redistribution of wealth}} in the history of the Occident prior to the 19th century. A study by historians at the [[Collegium Scientificum]] in [[2013]] indicated that the majority of early industrial mills in Urcea were erected by privilegiata on seized land; this study was massively influential in the field of studying the Dragonnades and [[Great Confessional War]], with later Urcean economic dynamism becoming a greatly studied area by [[2020]].

By the end of the Imperial period, many of the most wealthy Urceans were privilegiata rather than optimates, which not only demonstrated the growth of the privilegiata during this period but also undermined the weakening social class system. The privilegiata were also more active politically during this period than at any time previously, driving socio-political clubs such as the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]]. Most of the early champions of [[Crown Liberalism]] were members of the privilegiata.

===Artistic developments===

[[File:Intérieur Basilique Santi Ambrogio Carlo Corso - Rome (IT62) - 2021-08-27 - 6.jpg|right|thumb|200px|One of the many Baroque high altars built in Urceopolis during the Imperial period.]]

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 In the period 1730-1765, devices such as the flying shuttle, spinning frame, and the spinning jenny were invented in the Imperial heartland. With increasing mechanization bleeding into other sectors and a greater ability to refine cast iron, the early stage of the Industrial Revolution had begun in Levantia. King-Emperor Leo (to 1768), and his son Brian (reigned 1768-1781), largely allowed the economy to progress without intervention.
-===Lasting impacts on social class reforms===
+===Lasting impacts of social class reforms===
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 The period between 1575 and 1798 in Urcean history is characterized by great social changes brought about due to legal changes, especially reforms to the system of [[Social class in Urcea]], but also due to the [[Great Confessional War]] and public response to it.
-During this period, the [[Social class in Urcea|privilegiata]] grew in wealth and social influence.
+During this period, the [[Social class in Urcea|privilegiata]] grew in wealth and social influence, such that by 1700 they were the driving economic force in the country. Historians have generally attributed their success to the Leonine social reforms but also to very cheap and widely available land and productive capability seized by the state from {{wp|Protestants}} and sold off in fair, open auctions. This system enabled productive middle class burghers of the privilegiata class to acquire the lion's share of available land and materials. Traditional liberal histories in the [[Occident]] emphasized the injustice of the [[Dragonnades]], but recent revisionists have noted that the seizure of land and materials from wealthy Protestant magnates and sale to a largely privilegiata group of buyers represents one of the largest programs of {{wp|Redistribution of income and wealth|redistribution of wealth}} in the history of the Occident prior to the 19th century. A study by historians at the [[Collegium Scientificum]] in [[2013]] indicated that the majority of early industrial mills in Urcea were erected by privilegiata on seized land; this study was massively influential in the field of studying the Dragonnades and [[Great Confessional War]], with later Urcean economic dynamism becoming a greatly studied area by [[2020]].
+By the end of the Imperial period, many of the most wealthy Urceans were privilegiata rather than optimates, which not only demonstrated the growth of the privilegiata during this period but also undermined the weakening social class system. The privilegiata were also more active politically during this period than at any time previously, driving socio-political clubs such as the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]]. Most of the early champions of [[Crown Liberalism]] were members of the privilegiata.
 ===Artistic developments===
 [[File:Intérieur Basilique Santi Ambrogio Carlo Corso - Rome (IT62) - 2021-08-27 - 6.jpg|right|thumb|200px|One of the many Baroque high altars built in Urceopolis during the Imperial period.]]

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