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|align="center"|Metropolitan||Prestigious rank of nobility; no power in senate; commercial interests; wealthy merchants|| | | |align="center"|Metropolitan||Prestigious rank of nobility; no power in senate; commercial interests; wealthy merchants|| | | ||
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| + | |align="center"|Provincial Noble||rank of country nobility; no power in senate; prestige greater in province of origin|| | | ||
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|align="center"|Knight Gentry||Formerly pledged to the sometime Grand Duke of Aurice; they now pledge service to the city or to an officially recognized order; post-ducal knights often drawn from professional mercenary captains who want prestige; many officers in the military are Knights-Gentry||[[Knights-Magi of Aurice]] also fit into this class | |align="center"|Knight Gentry||Formerly pledged to the sometime Grand Duke of Aurice; they now pledge service to the city or to an officially recognized order; post-ducal knights often drawn from professional mercenary captains who want prestige; many officers in the military are Knights-Gentry||[[Knights-Magi of Aurice]] also fit into this class | ||
Latest revision as of 01:35, 1 January 2024
Aurician society is stratified both legally and culturally. The City of Aurice is the dominant pattern and the over-provinces and cities elsewhere in the empire are similar to this pattern.
| Social Order | Description | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Hierophant Senator | very highest honorary Senators; hold much prestige as leaders of religious orders, but little of the power; wealthy land-owners; High Phœnissa of Aurice is one of their number and also the most powerful | |
| Duke Senator | Highest members of Senate; hold all principle power in the Senate and entitled to all the highest offices of government; wealthy land-owners | |
| Count Senator | Mid-level Senators; hold almost all the prestige of Duke Senators, only some of the power; wealthy land-owners | |
| Baron Senator | Mid-level Senators; hold almost all the prestige of Duke Senators, but little of the power; wealthy land-owners | |
| Metropolitan Senator | Low-level senators; little true senatorial power; considerable prestige; wealthy merchants | |
| Metropolitan | Prestigious rank of nobility; no power in senate; commercial interests; wealthy merchants | |
| Provincial Noble | rank of country nobility; no power in senate; prestige greater in province of origin | |
| Knight Gentry | Formerly pledged to the sometime Grand Duke of Aurice; they now pledge service to the city or to an officially recognized order; post-ducal knights often drawn from professional mercenary captains who want prestige; many officers in the military are Knights-Gentry | Knights-Magi of Aurice also fit into this class |
| Landed Gentry | Officially recognized bourgeois—recognized for skilled profession or accomplishment; able to hold lesser governmental offices by virtue of land-ownership | Samoyat Rhaurvace |
| Landless Gentry | Officially recognized bourgeois—recognized for skilled profession or accomplishment; able to hold lesser offices by virtue of inherited status | |
| Free Commoners | Untitled freeman, not tied to manor lord, but typically clients of someone else; Commoners come in a wide range of wealth, from dirt poor to moderately wealthy | |
| Serfs | Land-tied peasants. This class was officially abolished in 2576 by decree and all serfs were elevated to free commoners, above. | Decree of Universal Emancipation throughout the Grand Duchy of Aurice (2576) |
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