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Are the Defarges members of the french nobility in the story A Tale of Two Cities?
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No, they are in fact members of the lowest class in French society, the class that initiated the Revolution.
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What did the Second Estate comprise?
The Aristocracy/Nobility made up the second estate in the French Revolution.
What business owned by the defarges was the scene of many activities of the french revolution in a Tale of Two Cities?
A wine-shop.
What does comte mean in French nobility?
The French nobility title "comte" is translated by "Count" in English.
Did the First Estate include the French nobility?
No. The First Estate consisted only of the Catholic Clergy, and the Second Estate was made up of the nobles. There was however a defenite cross over between the two Estates because French Bishops were all chosen by the King and most of the top ranking members of the Catholic Church were also members of the Nobility.
What do the defarges learn from john barsad when he visits their shop?
The Defarges learn from John Barsad that Charles Darnay is in a relationship with Lucie Manette and is planning to marry her. Barsad also mentions that Darnay is a French aristocrat who has denounced his family's wealth and privileges.
How is the guillotine important part of world history?
really cool way to execute people? it has been used to execute several important members of the French Nobility and Monarchy
What was a former title of french nobility?
Vicomte
What did the French kings of the 16th century manage to do?
stop the French nobility from becoming Protestant.C. Stop the French nobility from becoming protestantObviously someone got this wrong. The real answer is B, do little to stop the spread of protestantism.
What is the history of gaining French nobility in the Middle Ages if you were not born into nobility?
If a man was not born into nobility, and the Monarch liked him, the Monarchy could grant him nobility status. Or, a man could buy the right to be let into nobility. Otherwise, a single man could gain the right by marrying into nobility.
What strategies did Louis xiv use to control the french nobility?
Louis XIV excluded the nobility from his council and and often kicked them out of the homes the monacrchy had built for the nobility.
What is the Description of the monseigneur in a tale of two cities?
Monseigneur is a decadent and selfish French aristocrat depicted in Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities." He represents the arrogance and excesses of the nobility prior to the French Revolution, showing disdain for the suffering of the common people. Monseigneur's mistreatment of his subjects contributes to the growing resentment that eventually leads to the revolution.
What was the nobility's main source of income?
They created a French democracy
