Third Estate

The members of the Third Estate were confident this would allow them to win most decisions when put to the ballot.

Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

The royal council had hitherto been made up of two estates only, -- the nobles and the clergy; now is added what comes to be known as the _Tiers État_, or Third Estate, and henceforth the assembly is known as the _States-General_.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

While the court of Louis XIV was thus the focal point of French -- almost of European -- life, the professional and mercantile classes, who constituted the Third Estate, enjoyed comparative security and prosperity and under the king held all of the important offices of actual administration.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

It was clear that if the elected representatives of the Third Estate carried out the instructions of their constituents, the voting of additional taxes to the government would be delayed until a thorough investigation had been made and many grievances had been redressed.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

When they were over, 308 clergymen, 285 noblemen and 621 representatives of the Third Estate packed their trunks to go to Versailles.

The Story of Mankind 1921

The Third Estate refused to obey the royal command.

The Story of Mankind 1921

In the States General of 1614, the Third Estate, through its spokesman, Miron, made a declaration of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

"The establishment of liberty and equality should be the aim of every citizen member of the Third Estate; and to this end we should stand indivisibly united, especially the young and vigorous, especially those who have had the good fortune to be born late enough to be able to gather for themselves the precious fruits of the philosophy of this eighteenth century."

Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini 1912

The Hohenstauffen, like the early Capets, were sensible of the advantages to be gained by alliance with the Third Estate; but

Medieval Europe 1901

This is certainly not a correct historical judgment; for it is certain that the Third Estate, which with the French

Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) Enrico Ferri 1894