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== Social class in the High Medieval Period ==

Social classes in Urcea developed organically but had mostly stabilized by the time of the [[Golden Bull of 1098]] onward. The so-called "1098-1575" model is the one used by a majority of historians to refer to the times, but a minority opinion has suggested it is inadequate because it discounts the substantial role of the clergy in all parts of Urcean civic, economic, and moral life. During this period, women were entirely without class; any inherited class was passed along to one's sons only. The only exception to this was Royals, and Royal women were considered optimates and the equals of all but the high optimates, though their children could not inherit this status.

Social classes in Urcea developed organically but had mostly stabilized by the time of the [[Golden Bull of 1098]] onward, developing from earlier conventions of the early medieval period as well as those of [[Great Levantia]]. The so-called "1098-1575" model is the one used by a majority of historians to refer to the times, but a minority opinion has suggested it is inadequate because it discounts the substantial role of the clergy in all parts of Urcean civic, economic, and moral life. During this period, women were entirely without class; any inherited class was passed along to one's sons only. The only exception to this was Royals, and Royal women were considered optimates and the equals of all but the high optimates, though their children could not inherit this status.

Besides possessing political power, political rights were vested with the optimates and privilegiata. Only privilegiata and above had the right to vote in the landsmeet of their [[Estates of Urcea|Estate]], and only privilegiata could vote in the [[Great Landsmeet]]. Conversely, once the advisory [[Concilium Daoni|Common Council]] was created, only privilegiata and freemen could sit on the council. Once the [[Great Landsmeet]] had become depreciated, the [[Concilium Daoni]] remained comprised only of privilegiata and freemen - albeit ones appointed by the heads of [[Estates of Urcea]], optimates.

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 == Social class in the High Medieval Period ==
-Social classes in Urcea developed organically but had mostly stabilized by the time of the [[Golden Bull of 1098]] onward. The so-called "1098-1575" model is the one used by a majority of historians to refer to the times, but a minority opinion has suggested it is inadequate because it discounts the substantial role of the clergy in all parts of Urcean civic, economic, and moral life. During this period, women were entirely without class; any inherited class was passed along to one's sons only. The only exception to this was Royals, and Royal women were considered optimates and the equals of all but the high optimates, though their children could not inherit this status.
+Social classes in Urcea developed organically but had mostly stabilized by the time of the [[Golden Bull of 1098]] onward, developing from earlier conventions of the early medieval period as well as those of [[Great Levantia]]. The so-called "1098-1575" model is the one used by a majority of historians to refer to the times, but a minority opinion has suggested it is inadequate because it discounts the substantial role of the clergy in all parts of Urcean civic, economic, and moral life. During this period, women were entirely without class; any inherited class was passed along to one's sons only. The only exception to this was Royals, and Royal women were considered optimates and the equals of all but the high optimates, though their children could not inherit this status.
 Besides possessing political power, political rights were vested with the optimates and privilegiata. Only privilegiata and above had the right to vote in the landsmeet of their [[Estates of Urcea|Estate]], and only privilegiata could vote in the [[Great Landsmeet]]. Conversely, once the advisory [[Concilium Daoni|Common Council]] was created, only privilegiata and freemen could sit on the council. Once the [[Great Landsmeet]] had become depreciated, the [[Concilium Daoni]] remained comprised only of privilegiata and freemen - albeit ones appointed by the heads of [[Estates of Urcea]], optimates.

Social class in Urcea: Difference between revisions

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