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And what was true of buildings was also true of a whole branch of art, what could be called “bourgeois” or “third-estate” art: the burgher joined the courtier in having his portrait painted, in purchasing relics and having them encased in precious stone, in having magnificent prayer books, organiz­ing splendid burials in churches to which they financially contributed.

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And what was true of buildings was also true of a whole branch of art, what could be called “bourgeois” or “third-estate” art: the burgher joined the courtier in having his portrait painted, in purchasing relics and having them encased in precious stone, in having magnificent prayer books, organiz­ing splendid burials in churches to which they financially contributed.

Thomas Molnar, The Liberal Hegemony: The Rise of Civil Society papabear 2008

And what was true of buildings was also true of a whole branch of art, what could be called “bourgeois” or “third-estate” art: the burgher joined the courtier in having his portrait painted, in purchasing relics and having them encased in precious stone, in having magnificent prayer books, organiz­ing splendid burials in churches to which they financially contributed.

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Such, notably, were the regions-states possessing their own government (pays d'états), compared with those which elected the magistrates who apportioned taxation (pays d'élection), [3301] the two highest orders, the clergy and the nobles, compared with the third-estate, and the bourgeoisie, and the town corporations compared with the rest of the inhabitants.

The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860

-- _Jeu de Paume_ (tennis-court), is the name given to the meeting of the third-estate (_tiers-état_) in 1789, from the locality where it took place.

The Man With The Broken Ear Edmond About 1856