Tiers État

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Tiers État is the French term for the Third Estate, the commoner class that played a central role in triggering and shaping the French Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Tiers État canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical concept ⓘ
social class ⓘ
social estate ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Third Estate ⓘ
associatedWork What Is the Third Estate? ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate
country France ⓘ
declaredItself National Assembly ⓘ
demanded end of feudal dues ⓘ
political representation ⓘ
tax equality ⓘ
excludes clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
historicalLegacy symbol of democratic representation in France ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
includes artisans ⓘ
bourgeoisie ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
urban workers ⓘ
influenced Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
keyEvent Tennis Court Oath ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
legalStatus distinct order in the Estates-General ⓘ
metAt Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
notableFigureAssociated Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ
opposedTo First Estate ⓘ
Second Estate ⓘ
partOf Ancien Régime social order ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
playedRoleIn abolition of feudal privileges in France ⓘ
outbreak of the French Revolution ⓘ
politicalGoal constitutional monarchy at the beginning of the Revolution ⓘ
end of privileges of clergy and nobility ⓘ
populationShare majority of French population before 1789 ⓘ
positionInEstatesSystem third estate ⓘ
relatedConcept Estates of the realm ⓘ
bourgeois revolution ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
representedBy deputies to the Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
socialStatus non-privileged order ⓘ
symbolOf common people in pre-revolutionary France ⓘ
taxBurden main taxpayer under the Ancien Régime ⓘ
transitionedInto National Assembly of France ⓘ
typeOfPrivilege lacked fiscal privileges ⓘ

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

Third Estate → alsoKnownAs → Tiers État ⓘ