Ritterbürger
English translation: citizen-knight
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| 3 +1 | citizen-knight |
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| 3 | Upper class / middle class |
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| 2 | nobility/peerage |
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nobility/peerage Explanation: or noblesse |
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Upper class / middle class Explanation: A knight normally was somebody from the upper class or middle class, a burgher only middle class or lower class. Ritterburgerlich stands somewhere inbetween of it, so I think it most probably that it must be middle class. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 32 min (2016-03-15 18:04:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ritterburgerlich, yes, I think those people where knights. The social status is above burghers. |
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peer agreement (net): +1citizen-knight Explanation: See Discussion Box. This was a specific tier of medieval German society. The other terms suggested are either too broad (nobility) or inappropriate to the period (middle class). Heinrich Heine: http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Works_of_Hei... http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/vermischte-schriften-385/5 I'm not convinced by the choice of 'burgher'. |
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| Reference: English and German titles Reference information: Nobility that held legal privileges until 1918 greater than those enjoyed by commoners, but less than those enjoyed by the Hochadel were considered part of the lower nobility or Niederer Adel. Most were untitled, only making use of the particle von in their surnames. Higher-ranking noble families of the Niederer Adel bore such hereditary titles as Ritter (knight), Freiherr (or baron) and Graf. Although most German counts belonged officially to the lower nobility, those who were mediatised belonged to the Hochadel, the heads of their families being entitled to be addressed as Erlaucht ("Illustrious Highness"), rather than simply as Hochgeboren ("High-born"). There were also some German noble families, especially in Austria, Prussia and Bavaria, whose head bore the titles of Fürst (prince) or Herzog (duke); however, never having exercised a degree of sovereignty, they were accounted members of the lower nobility (e.g., Bismarck, Blücher, Pless, Wrede). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2016-03-15 20:15:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nobility • |
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