In France of the ancien rgime and the age of the French Revolution, the term Third Estate (tiers tat) indicated the generality of people which were not part of the clergy (the First Estate) nor of the nobility (the Second Estate). From these terms came the name of the medieval French national assembly: the ''French States-General'' (Fr. ''Etats-Gnraux''), the analogue to the British Parliament but with no constitutional tradition of vested powers, nor with any permanency: the French monarchy remained absolute monarchy, and the estates general were convened only episodically. The Third Estate comprised all those who were not members of the aristocracy or the clergy, including peasants, working people and the bourgeoisie. In 1789, the Third Estate made up 98% of the population in France. Due in part to a limited franchise, the representatives of the Third Estate actually came from the wealthy upper bourgeoisie; sometimes the term's meaning has been restricted to the middle class, as opposed to the working class. ==The Estates General== ''Main article French States-General'' The first Estates-General was called by Philip IV of France in 1302, in order to obtain national approval for his anticlericalism policy. Philip organized the assembly into three divisions, and every following Estates-General down to 1789 maintained the division. The Estates-General of France dwindled in importance, and after 1614 it was not called again for 175 years. ==1789: End of The Estates General== ''Main article Estates-General of 1789'' In May 1789, Louis XVI convened the Estates-General in order to address the financial crisis of the kingdom, which was effectively bankrupt. By this point, however, the French aristocracy had declined in power and influence, while the bourgeoisie had become much more important and conscious of itself as a class. The aristocracy still refused to support the effectively bankrupt monarchy, citing immunity from taxation. The Third Estate, containing representatives of the bourgeois, asked for a greater share of representation than it had possessed in earlier centuries; they were given twice as many representatives, but since voting was to be by the three Estates rather than by individual representatives, this gave them no immediately meaningful advantage. The Third Estate then asked for all estates to meet together as a single body. When Louis XVI did not respond, the Third Estate declared itself (June 17, 1789) the National Assembly, invited representatives of the other two estates to join them, and signed the Tennis Court Oath demanding a democratic constitution for France. The Third Estate, along with the support of sympathetic clergy and aristocrats, managed to win support of both the popular mobs of Paris and of much of the national military, and thus found itself in a position to reorganize the French state as it saw fit, marking the beginning of the first modern revolution the world had ever seen. ==Quote== :''1st. What is the third estate? Everything.'' :''2nd. What has it been heretofore in the political order? Nothing.'' :''3rd. What does it demand? To become something therein.'' :::-Emmanuel Joseph Sieys, "What is the third estate?"(''"Qu'est-ce que le Tiers-Etat?"''), January 1789 [http://www.magnesium.net/~locutus/work/eurohist2.htm] ==See also== See also: * Estates of the realm, especially for comparison to United Kingdom. * First Estate, Second Estate, Fourth Estate * social class, class warfare, etc. * Bourgeoisie vs. Proletariat ==References== *Jackson J. Spielvogel, ''Western Civilization'', West Publishing Co. Minneapolis, 1994. for the English-language version of the quote from Abb Sieys, quoted at http://www.magnesium.net/~locutus/work/eurohist2.htm. *http://vdaucourt.free.fr/Mothisto/Sieyes2/Sieyes2.htm for French-language original of this quotation. French history
''An event mentioned in this article is a Template:June 17 selected anniversaries'' ---- The First Estate was the clergy and the Second Estate was the aristocracy, not vice versa. Also, the "Fourth Estate" refers to the newspapers (or, in more recent usage, the media), not the peasantry. The Third Estate included both the bourgeoisie and the peasantry. :Why is the Canadian news program called ''the Fifth Estate''? User:Rmhermen 06:15, Dec 17, 2003 (UTC) ::Broadcast media (vs. print media) I would guess. See Fourth Estate -- User:Jmabel 07:05, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC) == Recent addition: cut == The following was recently and anonymously added; I've brought it over to this page for discussion (I've also corrected the spelling, wikification, etc. slightly.) : Beyond the history, the term has been used by many people in an attempt to define the forces acting upon society. The Third Estate has generally distilled into either the "bourgeoisie" or the "commoner". The Third Estate is then compared against other groups likely to have impact such as the Fourth Estate, commonly known as the Press, and the Fifth Estate, commonly known as an Anarchist magazine or Artists. I just don't find this very coherent. There may be an idea that belongs in the article, but this is not clear enough to express it. I cannot work out what the "&hellip:distilled&hellip:" sentence means to say. And the last sentence is coherent, but doesn't seem true to me, and the remark about "an Anarchist magazine or artists" just seems frivolous. -- User:Jmabel | User talk:Jmabel 23:27, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
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In France of the ancien rgime and the age of the French Revolution, the term Third Estate (tiers tat) indicated the generality of people which were not part of the clergy (the First Estate) nor of the nobility (the Second Estate). From these terms came the name of the medieval French national assembly: the ''French States-General'' (Fr. ''Etats-Gnraux''), the analogue to the British Parliament but with no constitutional tradition of vested powers, nor with any permanency: the French monarchy remained absolute monarchy, and the estates general were convened only episodically. The Third Estate comprised all those who were not members of the aristocracy or the clergy, including peasants, working people and the bourgeoisie. In 1789, the Third Estate made up 98% of the population in France. Due in part to a limited franchise, the representatives of the Third Estate actually came from the wealthy upper bourgeoisie; sometimes the term's meaning has been restricted to the middle class, as opposed to the working class. ==The Estates General== ''Main article French States-General'' The first Estates-General was called by Philip IV of France in 1302, in order to obtain national approval for his anticlericalism policy. Philip organized the assembly into three divisions, and every following Estates-General down to 1789 maintained the division. The Estates-General of France dwindled in importance, and after 1614 it was not called again for 175 years. ==1789: End of The Estates General== ''Main article Estates-General of 1789'' In May 1789, Louis XVI convened the Estates-General in order to address the financial crisis of the kingdom, which was effectively bankrupt. By this point, however, the French aristocracy had declined in power and influence, while the bourgeoisie had become much more important and conscious of itself as a class. The aristocracy still refused to support the effectively bankrupt monarchy, citing immunity from taxation. The Third Estate, containing representatives of the bourgeois, asked for a greater share of representation than it had possessed in earlier centuries; they were given twice as many representatives, but since voting was to be by the three Estates rather than by individual representatives, this gave them no immediately meaningful advantage. The Third Estate then asked for all estates to meet together as a single body. When Louis XVI did not respond, the Third Estate declared itself (June 17, 1789) the National Assembly, invited representatives of the other two estates to join them, and signed the Tennis Court Oath demanding a democratic constitution for France. The Third Estate, along with the support of sympathetic clergy and aristocrats, managed to win support of both the popular mobs of Paris and of much of the national military, and thus found itself in a position to reorganize the French state as it saw fit, marking the beginning of the first modern revolution the world had ever seen. ==Quote== :''1st. What is the third estate? Everything.'' :''2nd. What has it been heretofore in the political order? Nothing.'' :''3rd. What does it demand? To become something therein.'' :::-Emmanuel Joseph Sieys, "What is the third estate?"(''"Qu'est-ce que le Tiers-Etat?"''), January 1789 [http://www.magnesium.net/~locutus/work/eurohist2.htm] ==See also== See also: * Estates of the realm, especially for comparison to United Kingdom. * First Estate, Second Estate, Fourth Estate * social class, class warfare, etc. * Bourgeoisie vs. Proletariat ==References== *Jackson J. Spielvogel, ''Western Civilization'', West Publishing Co. Minneapolis, 1994. for the English-language version of the quote from Abb Sieys, quoted at http://www.magnesium.net/~locutus/work/eurohist2.htm. *http://vdaucourt.free.fr/Mothisto/Sieyes2/Sieyes2.htm for French-language original of this quotation. French history
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''An event mentioned in this article is a Template:June 17 selected anniversaries'' ---- The First Estate was the clergy and the Second Estate was the aristocracy, not vice versa. Also, the "Fourth Estate" refers to the newspapers (or, in more recent usage, the media), not the peasantry. The Third Estate included both the bourgeoisie and the peasantry. :Why is the Canadian news program called ''the Fifth Estate''? User:Rmhermen 06:15, Dec 17, 2003 (UTC) ::Broadcast media (vs. print media) I would guess. See Fourth Estate -- User:Jmabel 07:05, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC) == Recent addition: cut == The following was recently and anonymously added; I've brought it over to this page for discussion (I've also corrected the spelling, wikification, etc. slightly.) : Beyond the history, the term has been used by many people in an attempt to define the forces acting upon society. The Third Estate has generally distilled into either the "bourgeoisie" or the "commoner". The Third Estate is then compared against other groups likely to have impact such as the Fourth Estate, commonly known as the Press, and the Fifth Estate, commonly known as an Anarchist magazine or Artists. I just don't find this very coherent. There may be an idea that belongs in the article, but this is not clear enough to express it. I cannot work out what the "&hellip:distilled&hellip:" sentence means to say. And the last sentence is coherent, but doesn't seem true to me, and the remark about "an Anarchist magazine or artists" just seems frivolous. -- User:Jmabel | User talk:Jmabel 23:27, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
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