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Two Ways of Seeing Country Life
One inspired by the Catholic Church, the other by the Revolution
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| Respectability in the Medieval Professions
The veneration of the people for Bishops, Kings and heads of guilds
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| | Regional Splendor & the Common Man’s Comfort
The harmonic grandeur of Chenonceaux Castle on the River Cher
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| Social Classes
 Part 1 - Differentiations & Participation in Society
How Paganism &
Catholicism dealt with the different social functions
Part 2 - Duties & Privileges of the Clergy
Since it bore the heaviest weight, the clergy had more rights
Part 3 - Balanced Courage of the Medieval Knight
Difference between nobles and mercenaries in embracing arms
Part 4 - Military Condition, Soul of the Medieval Nobility
A deeply ingrained military spirit created a class and a temperament
Part 5 - Intellectual Class, City & Country Workers
The great prestige enjoyed by the medieval university professor
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| Fostering the Originality of Each Social Cell
The superior should not
suppress a living reality
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| The Three Orders of Medieval Society
All social classes participate in the government of an organic society
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| Different Types of Nobility
Many ways for the bourgeoisie to ascend to nobility
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| The Bourgeois in Free Cities and in Kingdoms
Two different kinds and situations, but the same mentality
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| The Healthy Rise of the Bourgeoisie
Historical examples in France, Portugal and Brazil
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| All Classes Should Have Elites
How elites were born in the medieval guilds
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| The City and Its Nobility
How a nobility unlinked to military duties can rise
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| A Missing Bourgeois Elite
Failure of the monetary class to develop its own organic elite
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| Oligarchies in Modern Democracies
The myth of the sovereign people and who really controls them today
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| Patriarchs in the Middle Ages and in Ancient Rome
The familiar structure of society as the base of an organic aristocracy
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| The Coronation Feast for the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
How nobles and people commemorated together
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| Feudalism and the Modern State
Contention between the feudal power and the cities; birth of Absolutism
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| The Natural Candidate to Exercise Power
Command naturally originates from service to community, not from wealth
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| Richness of Soul in the People’s Life
Nativity figures reflect their vibrant personalities
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| The Grandeur of the King Dignifies the Cook
The influence of Windsor Castle over the great & the small
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| An Élan for Perfection Should Exist in All Classes
This is what was missing in the medieval cities
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| Admiration, Foundation for the Reign of Mary
Its essential role in the counter-revolutionary mentality
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| Leadership: Established by Generosity & Gratitude, Not a Social Contract
Critique of the modern conception of power born from an exchange of interests
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| The Peasant-Nobles of the Roncal Valley - Part 1
How this courageous mountain people won the privilege of becoming nobles
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| The Tribute of the Three Cows - Roncal Valley - Part 2
A tribute paid to the peasant-nobles of Roncal Valley every year since 1375
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| The Organic Formation of Feudalism
How medieval society took root and sprouted
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| The Steps of an Organic Relationship
How
friendships form in a Catholic society
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| What Is Organic Society?
The members and organs that compose a healthy society
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