The term bourgeois originated in medieval France, where it denoted an inhabitant of a walled town. Its overtones became important in the 18th century, when the middle class of professionals, manufacturers, and their literary and political allies began to demand an influence in politics consistent with their economic status. Marx was one of many thinkers who treated the French Revolution as a revolution of the bourgeois.

Source: Britannica

I was in an art gallery and so confused about the use of the term with respect to art contemporary to the French Revolution. So I looked it up lol

  • [object Object]@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    6 hours ago

    What was life like if you were a lowly serf living outside the walls of these cities when they got besieged?

    I’m sure if you had crops those were getting used to feed the invaders, but like, would they just kill you?

    Did they ever go “okay Todd, you’re poor, you shared your cabbages, you live outside the walls in squalor, mind just ignoring us and we’ll let ye be?”

    Edit: crops not cross

    • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
      3·
      1 hour ago

      I did a little searching and found a website that had all sorts of interesting info, but didn’t dig into sources/validity etc. Apparently:

      • sometimes commoners would be recruited into joining the siege
      • it was common to plunder the countryside to starve the city
      • sometimes commoners got compensation for being plundered or harmed.
    • Waterpumpee@lemmus.orgEnglish
      8·
      5 hours ago

      Todd would run into the woods, probably a day or so b4 invaders come. Hide his valuables. Most armies were just poor suckers who would pull a few teeth for Todds stash. Even friendly armies would ravage their fellows landscape.