Estate of the Peasants

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The Estate of the Peasants was the representative body of freeholding farmers in Sweden’s historical parliamentary system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Estate of the Peasants canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estate in the Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
representative body ⓘ
abolishedWith Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
associatedWith Swedish agrarian society ⓘ
rural local communities ⓘ
belongsToTradition European estate-based assemblies ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
distinctFrom French Third Estate ⓘ
linked to: Third Estate

Russian peasant communes ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion ownership of land ⓘ
status as freeholder ⓘ
excludes clergy ⓘ
landless rural laborers ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
serfs ⓘ
urban burghers ⓘ
governanceStructure estate assembly with elected spokesmen ⓘ
governingSystemContext Swedish estate-based parliament ⓘ
hasCollectiveDecisionMaking internal deliberation among peasant representatives ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early institutionalized representation of non-noble rural population ⓘ
hasMember freeholding farmer ⓘ
hasPoliticalPower collective veto in certain legislative matters ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Liberty in Sweden ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
early modern Sweden ⓘ
influences development of Swedish democratic traditions ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Swedish ⓘ
legislativeRole participation in lawmaking ⓘ
location Stockholm ⓘ
meetsAt Riksdag sessions ⓘ
oneOfFourEstates Burghers ⓘ
Clergy ⓘ
Nobility ⓘ
partOf Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
politicalFunction approval of taxation ⓘ
participation in decisions on war and peace ⓘ
representation of rural interests ⓘ
politicalRights collective voting within the estate ⓘ
represents Swedish peasantry ⓘ
freeholding farmers ⓘ
roleInConstitutionalMatters participation in constitutional changes ⓘ
roleInMonarchyRelations negotiation with the king ⓘ
roleInTaxation consent to state taxation of peasants ⓘ
socialClass peasantry ⓘ
succeededBy representation of farmers in the modern Riksdag ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation estate-based representation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Riksdag of the Estates → composedOf → Estate of the Peasants ⓘ
Estate of the Nobility → opposedBy → Estate of the Peasants ⓘ
Estate of the Burghers → distinctFrom → Estate of the Peasants ⓘ
Lantmarskalk → associatedWith → Estate of the Peasants ⓘ