the Three Estates

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• the three estates — noun a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights • Syn: ↑estate of the realm, ↑estate • Regions:… …   Useful english dictionary

• The Three Musketeers — Infobox Book name = The Three Musketeers title orig = Les Trois Mousquetaires image caption = Image by Maurice Leloir, 1894 translator = Elana Lawrence author = Alexandre Dumas cover artist = country = France language = French genre = historical… …   Wikipedia

• Estates-General of 1789 — The Estates General (or States General) of 1789 ( fr. Les États Généraux de 1789) was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates General, a general assembly consisting of representatives from all but the poorest segment of the French… …   Wikipedia

• Estates-General — [ə stāts′ jen′ər əl, istāts′jen′ər əl] n. STATES GENERAL (sense 1) * * * Es·tates Gen·er·al (ĭ stātsʹjĕnʹər əl) pl.n. See States General.   [Translation of French états généraux.] * * * ▪ French history a …   Universalium

• estates of the realm — The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons of Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the three estates. Inasmuch as the lords spiritual had no separate assembly or negative in their political capacity, some authorities… …   Black's law dictionary

• estates of the realm — The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons of Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the three estates. Inasmuch as the lords spiritual had no separate assembly or negative in their political capacity, some authorities… …   Black's law dictionary

• the estates of the realm — 1. The three divisions of the body politic, Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal and Commons 2. Often misused for the legislature, ie king, lords and commons 3. The ancient parliament of Scotland consisted of the king and the three estates, ie (1)… …   Useful english dictionary

• The Canterbury Tales — is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on …   Wikipedia

• The Disobedient Child — Written by Thomas Ingelend Date premiered c.1560 The Disobedient Child is a theatrical comic interlude written c.1560 by Thomas Ingelend (an author who is known only as a late student of Cambridge , as described on the first edition s title page) …   Wikipedia

• Estates of the realm — Cleric, Knight, and Workman : the three estates in a French medieval illumination The Estates of the realm were the broad social orders of the hierarchically conceived society, recognized in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period in Christian… …   Wikipedia

• Estates General — (États généraux)    The national representative body in France before 1789, the basic function of the Estates General, or États généraux, was to give assent to royal taxation. Its members represented the three estates, or classes clergy, nobility …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present