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- Estate_satire abstract "Estate satire is a genre of writing from 14th Century, Medieval literary works. The three Medieval estates were the Church (those who prayed), the Nobility (those who fought) and lastly the Peasantry (those who labored). These estates were the major social classes of the time and were gender specific to men. They praised the glories and purity of each class, but estate satires were used as a window to show how society had gotten out of hand. The Norton Anthology of English Literature describes the duty of estate satire: "They set forth the functions and duties of each estate and castigate the failure of the estates in the present world to live up to their divinely assigned social roles" (W.W. Norton and Company).The First Estate, the Church, consisted of those who ran the Catholic church and part of the country. They were the recipients of the tithe or the 10% tax given to the Church.The Second Estate, the Nobility, were royalty, not including the King. They were never taxed but could collect taxes from the Third Estate, and had other special privileges.The Third Estate, the Peasantry, is the largest consisting of around 96% of the population (UCL), and included everyone from farmers to business men. They had none of the privileges or luxuries that the first two estates had.Among 14th Century authors, John Gower and Chaucer were two of the most prominent writers of the time to include estate satire in their works. Although Gower was more aggressive in his approach, Chaucer was more subtle and more successful, making himself to be the fool of the joke. Several Medieval authors used estate satire to express their disgust towards the hypocrisy of the three estates and their supposed virtuous ways.".
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- Estate_satire noFootnotes "October 2012".
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- Estate_satire subject Category:Medieval_literature.
- Estate_satire subject Category:Satire.
- Estate_satire comment "Estate satire is a genre of writing from 14th Century, Medieval literary works. The three Medieval estates were the Church (those who prayed), the Nobility (those who fought) and lastly the Peasantry (those who labored). These estates were the major social classes of the time and were gender specific to men. They praised the glories and purity of each class, but estate satires were used as a window to show how society had gotten out of hand.".
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