How was the burgher of the renaissance similar to what today we call the middle class and how were he or she different

They were not rich but they were not poor
back then the poor was considered people that had nothing.

The question of what caused the full effects of the radical stage, also called the second french revolution by some historians, which shook the political and social reforms in france have caught the attention of many scholars, particularly because of principles implemented during this stage which is contradictory to the fundamental principle of the french revolution itself, by using dictatorship to create equality.