Kirkland HIST 101-003 ESSAY EXAM 1: QUESTION 3 There were three estates that made up the population of France. The First Estate was made up of the Clergy‚ the Second of Nobility‚ and the Third of Commoners. Of these estates‚ it was the Third that constituted the majority of the population. The commoners of the Third Estate included the bourgeoisie (middle class)‚ the peasants (about 80 percent of the total population of France)‚ and the working poor‚ who were surprisingly quite influential
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Medieval society was divided into three groups known as the “Three Estates” (the Church‚ the Nobility‚ and the Peasantry). Follow this analogy by placing contemporary western society into three groups (or three modern “estates”). Name what these modern estates would be and describe what they would look like. Use your imagination‚ but limit yourself to three categories. Dr.Rock HUMN 101 18 March 2012 The Three Estates The classical Three Estates (social classes) during the mideival period
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simply agree on the relative importance of these factors. During the course of the eighteenth century‚ the population of France swelled to almost 30 million people. The increase in population (of 8-10 million) during the century‚ put enormous strains on a society which relied on very small farms and obsolete farming methods. When Englishmen‚ Arthur Young‚ visited France in the late 1780s he could help but notice the backwardness of the many‚ many tiny French farms when compared with the large
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Before the French Revolution‚ there were three estates‚ or classes: the nobility‚ the clergy and the commoners. The nobility and the clergy had many more privileges than the third estate and that is what caused the French Revolution. The Third estate was composed of the peasants‚ the workers and the bourgeoisie; unlike the other segments of the Third Estate‚ the bourgeoisie was able to communicate its grievances to the public during the period after the French Revolution: 1789-1799. The peasants
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the Prologue is a list of estates. Chaucer specifically says at the end of the Prologue that he has described the “estaat” of all the Pilgrims (716). The Prologue is also a collection of portraits‚ but this is a secondary consideration Chaucer’s General Prologue‚ written towards the end of the fourteenth century‚ depicts a series of characters undertaking a pilgrimage from London to Canterbury during Springtime. Chaucer has assembled representatives of all three estates‚ both admirable and loathsome
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1.How far did Napoleon Bonaparte maintain the ideals of the French Revolution during the period 1799–1815? The key issue is the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution. ‘How far’ invites candidates to consider the extent and limits of the claim that he maintained revolutionary ideals. These ideals can be summarised quickly as ‘liberty‚ equality and fraternity’. The Revolution had sought greater equalisation between classes‚ the rule of law and the end of secular and
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In 1789‚ France was not a unified country. Instead‚ it was divided into three estates. The first estate was the clergy‚ who claimed to be ordained by God‚ which gave them authority over the second and third estates. The second estate was the nobility‚ a wealthy group of individuals who were almost all land owners. Buying into nobility was an option‚ but you had to be very wealthy to afford it. Between 1700 and 1789‚ around 50‚000 commoners were able to afford a noble title. The third estate was the
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Larissa DePerro Mrs. Darpino Art 101 May 2‚ 2008 Estate “Estate” by Robert Rauschenberg is by far the most interesting piece of art work seen at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Robert Rauschenberg is a well-known Abstract Expressionist of the modern art period. Robert Rauschenberg is most famous for his "Combines" of the 1950s‚ in which he uses non-traditional materials and objects in combinations. While the Combines are both painting and sculpture‚ Rauschenberg has also worked with photography
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the three estates and the caste system of India. The first estate was the Church‚ the second estate were the nobles or nights‚ and the third estate was the peasantry. There are many differences between these three estates. The Indian caste system has been in use for many years. The caste system has order and peace among the people in India. There is a comparison between the caste sytem of India and the three estates. The first estate represented about two percent of the people of France and
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Brazil and France have two of the world’s highest economies‚ they both have well-developed agricultural sector so thats why agriculture plays an important role in both of their economies. In a comparison in the world of countries GDP‚ France and Brazil are very close only separated by Britain in the six place. France has the fifth place and Brazil takes the seventh place in the table. Brazil important transformations began only in the 1930s‚ when the steps were taken to change brazil into a modern
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