Estate of the Burghers
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The Estate of the Burghers was the representative body of urban merchants and craftsmen in Sweden’s historical Riksdag of the Estates.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
estate in the Riksdag of the Estates
ⓘ
political estate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
guilds
ⓘ
town councils ⓘ |
| basedOn |
burgher privileges
ⓘ
town charters ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| countryAfterAbolition | Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Estate of the Clergy
ⓘ
Estate of the Nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ Estate of the Peasants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyOf | urban commercial interests ⓘ |
| hasCollectiveNameInSwedish | Borgarståndet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
craftsmen
ⓘ
merchants ⓘ townspeople ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalRight |
send delegates to the Riksdag of the Estates
ⓘ
vote in the Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Age of Liberty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early modern Sweden ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | abolished ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Swedish estate-based society ⓘ |
| language | Swedish ⓘ |
| location | Swedish towns ⓘ |
| partOf | Riksdag of the Estates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | pro-urban trade interests ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | one of four estates in the Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | Swedish Riksdag of the Estates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | modern parliamentary representation ⓘ |
| represents |
burghers
ⓘ
urban craftsmen ⓘ urban merchants ⓘ |
| role |
participation in legislation
ⓘ
participation in taxation decisions ⓘ representation in national assemblies ⓘ representation of urban interests ⓘ |
| socialClass | bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| socialFunction | representation of the urban middle class ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
taxation of trade
ⓘ
trade policy ⓘ urban regulation ⓘ |
| typeOfElectorate | corporate urban electorate ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.