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The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the Middle Ages to early...

issues. The derivation of the term arises from the traditional European concept of the three estates of the realm: the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners...

Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries. The Estates, representative bodies of the estates of the realm Estates...

Burghers Peasants The inclusion of a fourth estate, Bondeståndet, is a peculiarity of the Swedish realm, with few parallels in Europe. The English word peasant...

The Estates General of 1789 (French: États Généraux de 1789) was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate)...

outlets, and the social media or "social license". The "Fifth" Estate extends the sequence of the three classical Estates of the Realm, nobility, clergy...

of the representatives of the estates of the realm, the divisions of society in feudal times, called together for purposes of deliberation, legislation...

the first of the four estates of the realm. Before the Finnish War 1808-1809, the Finnish nobility were full members of the Swedish nobility and the Swedish...

divine authority. Thus, the monarch is not subject to the will of the people, of the aristocracy, or of any other estate of the realm. It follows that only...

below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility...

only the obligations of the warrior nobility but the obligations of all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry, all of whom...

estates in the Russian Empire were denoted by the term soslovie (sosloviye), which approximately corresponds to the notion of the estate of the realm...

peerage and senior clergy of the realm in one place to form the estate of the Upper Chamber. The voting franchise for the House of Commons was small; some...

"estates" of the Estates General, France's parliament, and each represented a different class. The First Estate was the clergy, and the Second Estate was...

countries. The gentility is primarily formed on the bases of the medieval societies' two higher estates of the realm, nobility and clergy, both exempted from...

Imperial Estate (Latin: Status Imperii; German: Reichsstand, plural: Reichsstände) was a part of the Holy Roman Empire with representation and the right...

Matthias divided the Crown of Bohemia at the Peace of Olomouc in 1479. The estates of the realm had strengthened their position during the war between both...

The szlachta (Polish: [ˈʂlaxta] ; Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the...

consultative body of the Generalitat of Catalonia during the early modern age. The Estates Estates of the realm Parliament of Scotland This disambiguation page...

a parliament of the Tsardom of Russia's estates of the realm active during the 16th and 17th centuries. The assembly represented Russia's feudal classes...