ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Estate satire is a genre of writing from 14th Century, Medieval literary works. The three Medieval estates were the Clergy (those who prayed), the Nobility (those who fought) and lastly the Peasantry (those who labored).

Detailed explanation-2: -Estates Satire. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is sometimes called an estates satire, meaning that it satirizes the three estates, or sociopolitical groups in England at the time he was writing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Medieval writers classified people into three groups: those who fought (nobles and knights), those who prayed (men and women of the Church), and those who worked (the peasants).

Detailed explanation-4: -Estates satire was a popular method for poets in the later Middle Ages to critique various social types by personifying their bad behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners).