HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Monarchs
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Church Leaders
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Peasants
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Nobility
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Detailed explanation-1: -The etymology of the term comes from the word battle (, boj); the boyars of Serbia were literally “men for the battle” or the warrior class, in contrast to the peasants; they could own land but were obliged to defend it and fight for the king.
Detailed explanation-2: -: a member of a Russian aristocratic order next in rank below the ruling princes until its abolition by Peter the Great.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Russian word for nobility, dvorianstvo (), derives from Slavonic dvor (), meaning the court of a prince or duke (kniaz), and later, of the tsar or emperor.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Aristocrat” and “aristocracy", in modern usage, refer colloquially and broadly to persons who inherit elevated social status, whether due to membership in the (formerly) official nobility or the monied upper class.