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However, we don't have that here, as there's a clear power gradient from the top to bottom, which is more reminiscent of the absolutism period.
The first car came 1886, which is right at the end of the period this manga portrays. We're also getting to see the story of a noble girl, of course you're not going to get to see the gritty day to day living of people working in a factory and depending on the location you won't even have smoke because nobles, who clearly have a great deal of influence in this manga, wouldn't want to live near factories.
Feudalism started to decline in Europe starting in the 16th century when armies became more and more professional and centralized at the sovereign. The classic definition set by François-Louis Ganshof defines feudalism as a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations which existed among the warrior nobility and revolved around the three key concepts of lords, vassals and fiefs.
However, we don't have that here, as there's a clear power gradient from the top to bottom, which is more reminiscent of the absolutism period.
By that argumentation, Germany in the year 1895 should've still been in the classical era because the courts literally used classic Roman law by the letter and only spoke Latin in court. Heck, by that argumentation we still are in the classical era because we use this weird Greek concept know as "Democracy". Just because vestiges of something old still linger (these include, for example: taxes, conscription, colours, titles, our language itself!) around doesn't mean the period hasn't ended already.
*sigh* please use google if you are unfamiliar with something... The term "victorian era" describes the period of queen Victoria's reign from 1837 bis 1901. It followed the Regency era wich went from either 1811 to 1820 or 1795 to 1837, depending on your point of view.
