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 "The Great Cat Massacre") 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.