The peasants/common people were in the Third Estate.
The wealthy merchant class was also in the Third Estate.
The Second Estate were the nobility.
The First Estate was the church/clergy.
His fathers name was Theodore Roosevelt and he was a wealthy New York merchant.
His parents were wealthy and he made a career as an 18th century shipping merchant based in America.
he was a wealthy merchant who had funded may patriot groups, including the Sons of Liberty
Leather was an inexpensive commodity and was available even to the poorest levels of society, while metal of all kinds was far more expensive (blacksmiths were wealthy men as a consequence). So a simple thin leather strap that could be tied in a knot was, along with cord belts of nettle fibre, hemp or linen, used by the lowliest peasants. A sturdier leather belt with a bronze buckle would be a step up from that level, worn by people of the craftsman/freeman/merchant classes (also part of the peasantry).
John Hancock was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence whose signature was famously the first, and largest to be placed on the document. He was also a wealthy Massachusetts merchant who liked to defy the British authorities. He served as president of the Continental Congress and governor of Massachusetts. His main contribution to the American Revolution was using his fortune to help finance the struggle
Yes, Francis of Assisi was born into a wealthy merchant family in Assisi, Italy. His father was a successful cloth merchant, and Francis lived a life of privilege and luxury before his conversion to a life of poverty and service to others.
They were called the "kulaks"
Kulaks.
Khadija
a large Spanish colonial estate owned by a wealthy family but worked by many peasants called an hacienda
His age was about 25 years when he became a merchant. He worked for Hazrat Khudeeja, a wealthy lady merchant of Mecca. Later on she was married to him.
No, but his father was a wealthy and successful cloth merchant. Francis chose a different path to follow.
Venice
Venice
Peasants does farm-work for the wealthy land owners.
Most medieval peasants were poor. In fact, most were serfs, who could not own land and were not allowed to move away from the manors on which they lived. A few peasants were independent farmers who held their own land, and some of these were referred to by contemporary writers as wealthy. They were, of course only wealthy relative to other peasants, and had very little wealth compared to the lords.
Yes, Muhammad was married to a wealthy Arabian merchant named Khadija