Clergy is the one I would say most breaks the dichotomy.
All the others listed still lack the title and privileges that come with nobility. There is some nuance I skipped over: different laws for urban citizens vs rural peasants. But a peasant could become an urban citizen by fleeing their land and living in a city for a year and a day, after which their former lord could no longer claim them.
Okay, so long story short, there definitely WAS a middle class that enjoyed higher social and economic mobility than peasants, but definitely nowhere near aristocracy.
Clergy is the one I would say most breaks the dichotomy.
All the others listed still lack the title and privileges that come with nobility. There is some nuance I skipped over: different laws for urban citizens vs rural peasants. But a peasant could become an urban citizen by fleeing their land and living in a city for a year and a day, after which their former lord could no longer claim them.
Okay, so long story short, there definitely WAS a middle class that enjoyed higher social and economic mobility than peasants, but definitely nowhere near aristocracy.