It is argued by some that Herleva's father was not a tanner but rather a member of the burgher class.

After that the Commonwealth's science experienced general decline, which paralleled the wartime decline of the burgher class.

There was little significant parliamentary representation for the burgher class, and none for the peasants.

The rise of a burgher class to counterbalance the power of the state was the essential precursor to freedom.

The burgher class was dominated by Swedish settlers, as very few Finns engaged in industrial enterprises.

Jena was a good town for the trade, what with its large population of young male students, most of whom were from Germany's nobility and prosperous burgher class.

The changes altered the ethnic character of the burgher classes.

Heraldry spread to the burgher class in the 13th century, and even some peasants used arms in the 14th century.

The relatively new burgher middle class combined the dances with the processional as a "fore dance", and the turning as an "after dance".

The town patricians were increasingly criticized by the growing burgher class, which consisted of well-to-do middle-class citizens who held administrative guild positions or worked as merchants.