======Classes======
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Possibly the most important statistic for any character in the game.  Your class determines your quality of life and your fate. 

There are two kinds of class distinctions - major and minor.  There are seven major classes (Peasant, Servant, Merchant, Military etc) - but within each of these classes are a number of minor classes.  Whenever the rules call on you to check for a difference in classes, you subtract the lower major class from the larger major class **unless** you both belong to the same class - in which case you subtract the lower minor class from the larger minor class.
   - Royalty --- Roi, Reine, Prince, Princesse
   - Noble - ''**Chalices (Hearts)**''
    - Upper (older) Nobility --- A peer (holder of the title, or a noble (member of the family of the peer)
      * Grand Duc,Grande Duchesse, Duc,Duchesse, Marquis, Marquise, Comte, Comtesse, Vicomte, Vicomtesse, Baron, Baronne, Baronnet, Chevalier
      * [[http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/images/PLATE70BX.JPG|Gentleman and Lady of the Court of Louis XIV]]
    - Lower (newer) Nobility  --- A peer (holder of the title, or a noble (member of the family of the peer)
      * Grand Duc,Grande Duchesse, Duc,Duchesse, Marquis, Marquise, Comte, Comtesse, Vicomte, Vicomtesse, Baron, Baronne, Baronnet, Chevalier
      * [[http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/images/PLATE70DX.JPG|French Gentleman and Lady]]
    - The Royal Household --- Office holders and servants of the King.
      * [[VersaillesHousehold|The Royal Household]]
   - Clergy - ''**Coins (Diamonds)**''
    - Archbishop
    - Bishop
    - Cardinal
    - Vicar
    - Curate
   - Military - **Staves (Clubs)**
    - Guard Cavalry --- Life Guards, Gendarmes, Lighthorse of the Guard, Horse Grenadiers, Musketeers, Life Guards of the King of Poland
    - Guard Infantry --- French Guards, Swiss Guards
      * [[http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/images/PLATE68AX.JPG|French Marshal and Subaltern Officer (1704-1730)]]
    - Cavalry --- Gendarmes of France, heavy cavalry, carabiniers, dragoons
    - Line Infantry
    - Militia --- Provincial Militia, Coast Guard Militia, Bourgeois Militia 
   - Merchant - **Swords (Spades)**
    -  First class --- printer, book dealers, surgeons, apothecaries, haberdashers, clothiers, goldsmiths, hardware dealers, card makers, button makers.
    -  Second class --- food suppliers (bakers, butchers, pastry cooks, pork butchers, cooks, wine merchants), saddlery & hides, shoemakers, upholsterers.
    -  Third class --- metals & furniture
    -  Fourth class --- building trades, cobblers
   - Servant
      * [[http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/images/PLATE73CX.JP|Abbe - French Secular Clerk, Servant Girl in a Contouche]]
   - Peasant
    - Landowners
    - Rich tenant-farmer
    - Tenant-farmer
    - Villager
    - M+¬tayer
    - Landless agricultural labourer