WebThe estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the Middle Ages to early modern Europe.Different systems for dividing society members into estates developed and evolved over time.. The best known system is the French Ancien Régime (Old Regime), a three-estate system …

WebGentry (from Old French genterie, from gentil, "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. Word similar to gentle [simple and decent] families Gentry, in its widest connotation, refers to people of good social position connected to landed estates (see manorialism), upper levels of the clergy, and …

WebThe Crown Estate is a collection of lands and holdings in the United Kingdom belonging to the British monarch as a corporation sole, making it "the sovereign's public estate", which is neither government property nor part of the monarch's private estate.. The sovereign is not involved with the management or administration of the estate, and exercises only very …

WebThe classic François Louis Ganshof version of feudalism describes a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations which existed among the warrior nobility, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals and fiefs. In broad terms a lord was a noble who held land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and the land …

WebFormal theory. Formally, a string is a finite, ordered sequence of characters such as letters, digits or spaces. The empty string is the special case where the sequence has length zero, so there are no symbols in the string.

WebLaw. Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries.. The Estates, representative bodies of the estates of the realm . Estates General, a supra-regional gathering of representatives of the estates of the realm; …

WebRudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany from the House of Habsburg.The first of the count-kings of Germany, he reigned from 1273 until his death.. Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum which had begun after the death of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II in 1250. Originally a Swabian count, he was the …

WebAn Imperial State or Imperial Estate (Latin: Status Imperii; German: Reichsstand, plural: Reichsstände) was a part of the Holy Roman Empire with representation and the right to vote in the Imperial Diet (Reichstag).Rulers of these Estates were able to exercise significant rights and privileges and were "immediate", meaning that the only authority …

WebThe first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age.What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul.Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls, the Aquitani, and the Belgae.The Gauls, the largest and best attested group, were Celtic people speaking …

WebThe French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799.Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, while phrases like liberté, …