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  2. Bourgeoisie - Wikipedia

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    The critical analyses of the bourgeois mentality by the German intellectual Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) indicated that the shop culture of the petite bourgeoisie established the sitting room as the center of personal and family life; as such, the English bourgeois culture is, he alleges, a sitting-room culture of prestige through conspicuous ...

  3. House of Borgia - Wikipedia

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    In series 4 of the sketch comedy TV show Horrible Histories, a song called "the Borgia Family" was featured in the section 'Radical Renaissance'. [27] The song is a parody of the theme song to the Addams Family. The family lore and artifacts are essential to the plot of the 1959 Disney film The Shaggy Dog. [citation needed]

  4. Clemenceau family - Wikipedia

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    The family belongs to the Vendée bourgeoisie, with several physicians among its members. [1] Pierre Benjamin Clemenceau, sieur du Colombier et de La Ronde (1709–1782), a law graduate and parliamentary lawyer, married Charlotte Bouquet. [2] The family resided at the Colombier manor in Mouchamps, acquired in the 17th century. [3]

  5. Petite bourgeoisie - Wikipedia

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    Petite bourgeoisie (French pronunciation: [pətit(ə) buʁʒwazi], literally 'small bourgeoisie'; also anglicised as petty bourgeoisie) is a term that refers to a social class composed of small business owners, shopkeepers, small-scale merchants, semi-autonomous peasants, and artisans.

  6. Social class in France - Wikipedia

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    Following industrialization and the French Revolution altered the social structure of France and the bourgeoisie became the new ruling class. The feudal nobility was on the decline with agricultural and land yields decreasing, and arranged marriages between noble and bourgeois family became increasingly common, fusing the two social classes together during the 19th century.

  7. Bourgeois of Paris - Wikipedia

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    Chevauché family (filiation followed since 1687, documented as Bourgeois of Paris since 17317). [clarification needed] Marguet family, from which the theater actor Amant is born. de Villiers family, Jean de Villiers (1712-1786) descendants of painters. de Gisors family, cousin of the de Villiers family, descendants of architects.

  8. Category:Bourgeoisie - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the bourgeoisie, a sociologically defined social class, especially in contemporary times, referring to people with a certain cultural and financial capital belonging to the middle or upper middle class: the upper (haute), middle (moyenne), and petty (petite) bourgeoisie (which are collectively designated "the bourgeoisie"); an affluent and often opulent stratum of the ...

  9. Bourgeoisie of Geneva - Wikipedia

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    Arms of the families that had the Bourgeoisie of Geneva in 1792. The inhabitants of the seigneurie and the Republic of Geneva were divided into four orders of people: [1] the Citoyens, the Bourgeois, the Habitants, and the Natifs. The Citoyens and the Bourgeois formed the bourgeoisie and, thus the patrician class of the Republic.