Third Estate

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The Third Estate was the broad social class in pre-revolutionary France comprising commoners—everyone not part of the clergy or nobility—that became the driving force behind the French Revolution.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estate of the realm ⓘ
political actor ⓘ
social class ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tiers État ⓘ
associatedEvent Tennis Court Oath ⓘ
comprises commoners ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfSignificantAction 20 June 1789 ⓘ
declared National Assembly on 17 June 1789 ⓘ
demanded equal representation ⓘ
voting by head instead of by order ⓘ
excludes clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
grievance feudal dues ⓘ
heavy taxation ⓘ
lack of political power ⓘ
privileges of clergy and nobility ⓘ
hadPoliticalRepresentationIn Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
hasNotableMemberGroup Third Estate deputies to the Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
historicalOutcome abolition of feudalism in France ⓘ
end of legal division into three estates ⓘ
undermining of Ancien Régime ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
initiated formation of the National Assembly ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
ledBy bourgeois leaders ⓘ
locatedInTime Ancien Régime ⓘ
pre-revolutionary France ⓘ
opposedTo First Estate ⓘ
Second Estate ⓘ
partOf Estates of the realm in France ⓘ
percentageOfPopulation large majority of French population ⓘ
playedKeyRoleIn French Revolution ⓘ
politicalGoal constitutional monarchy ⓘ
end of feudal privileges ⓘ
equality before the law ⓘ
tax reform ⓘ
relatedConcept popular sovereignty ⓘ
representation ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
relatedDocument Cahiers de doléances ⓘ
socialStratum artisans ⓘ
bourgeoisie ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
urban workers ⓘ
succeededBy French citizenry as a unified legal category ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Estates-General of 1789 → hasEstate → Third Estate ⓘ
Ancien Régime → hasEstate → Third Estate ⓘ
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès → notableWork → What Is the Third Estate? ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès → originalTitleOfWork → Qu’est-ce que le Tiers-État ? ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
Scottish Estates → hasPart → Third Estate ⓘ
Three Estates → hasEstate → Third Estate ⓘ
French Crown → exercisedPowerOver → Third Estate ⓘ
Kingdom of France → socialClass → Third Estate ⓘ
Royal Edict of Louis XVI (1789) → affectedEstate → Third Estate ⓘ
subject linked to: royal edict of Louis XVI
Third Estate → hasNotableMemberGroup → Third Estate deputies to the Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
Second Estate → followedBy → Third Estate ⓘ
Second Estate → above → Third Estate ⓘ
Second Estate → differentiatedFrom → Third Estate ⓘ
First Estate → contrastedWith → Third Estate ⓘ
Third Estate of Aix-en-Provence → partOf → Third Estate of France ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
Ancien Régime in Paris → hasEstate → Third Estate ⓘ
Introduction à la Révolution française → hasPerspectiveOn → Third Estate in France ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
Bourbon France → nobleEstate → Third Estate ⓘ
Tiers État → alsoKnownAs → Third Estate ⓘ
Tiers État → associatedWork → What Is the Third Estate? ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
Deuxième État → contrastedWith → Troisième État (Third Estate, commoners) ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
Estate of the Peasants → distinctFrom → French Third Estate ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
States of Flanders → hasPart → Third Estate (urban representatives) ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
cahiers de doléances → draftedBy → Third Estate ⓘ
Estates of Styria → representedEstate → Third Estate ⓘ