ARCHIVE - The Shadow of the Enlightenment - Ancien Regime http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/taxonomy/term/13/0 Comment on order in the Ancien Régime drawing from at least two of the following: Stacey’s lecture on Monday, Oct. 9 and Chapter 1, 2, or 3 of the Cat Massacre. Examine symbols, class, religion, and/or popular culture. en ARCHIVE - Dave Raileanu http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/dave-raileanu-2 <p> Both chapters 1 and 2 of Cat Massacre demonstrate how the &quot;everyone else&quot; reacted to the first and second estates of the Ancien Regime. Frenchmen of the lower station bothe resented and resigned to their lot; they acrimoniously accepted the general constraits of society. The peasantry, living in de facto slavery, dreamed and schemed of a life where food was plentiful and the mice played, at least while the cat was away. The apprentices, living in a more transparent form of indenture, were presented with the tangible form of wealth on a daily basis but were continually denied the pleasures enjoyed by the lowest members of their masters&#39; households.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/dave-raileanu-2">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/dave-raileanu-2#comment Ancien Regime Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:21:23 -0800 raidav20 182 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow ARCHIVE - Emily Anderson http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/emily-anderson <p class="MsoNormal">In every aspect of life in France in the Ancien Regime there came class and order. As Stacey told us about on Monday, even the church had a complex hierarchy where the bishops and archbishops collected money from the tithe and lived a life of luxury. The local priests however saw almost none of this tax money and lived like common peasant. The rest of society was always being judged on class by appearance (thus the parade discussed in chapter three of &quot;The Great Cat Massacre&quot;) or worldly possessions, like land, or by rand and title of nobility or lack thereof. Appearance played a very big role and was one of the most important ways of immediately establishing class. With color and elaborateness, like the crimson satin robes with ermine hoods that the professeurs wore in the parade, came the symbolism of status and power. No peasant could ever compete with this and were easily distinguished by the simple weather worn clothes they wore.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/emily-anderson">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/emily-anderson#comment Ancien Regime Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:48:27 -0700 andemi07 62 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow