FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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the poor, the wealthy, the religious
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aristocracy, middle-class, slaves
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those who work, those who fight, those who pray
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The three Medieval estates were the Clergy (those who prayed), the Nobility (those who fought) and lastly the Peasantry (those who labored). These estates were the major social classes of the time and were typically gender specific to men, although the clergy also included nuns.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fundamental idea of the estates was indicated in the works of the scholars of the 9th and 10th centuries, who divided society into three estates: oratores, bellatores and laboratores.
Detailed explanation-3: -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).
Detailed explanation-4: -The medieval society was organized on the basis of the ‘Three Estates Model’. It was divided into three social orders: the First Estate comprising those who ruled or fought, the Second Estate were those who prayed, and the Third Estate comprised those who worked.
Detailed explanation-5: -This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.