French society under Ancien Regime
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- French society under the Ancien Regime
- First Estate
- 1% of the population
- Made up of clergy
- Tax exempt
- Unpopular due to: plurality, tithes, tax exemption + power
- Second Estate
- Roughly 120,000 nobility, about 2% of population
- Nobelesse d'eppe
- Lived with the King in Versailles Palace
- Advisers, ambassadors + ministers
- Access to royal patronage
- Noblesse de robe
- Created through sales of legal + admin offices
- Over 70,000 by 1789
- Owned 25% of land in France yet paid 5% of income in taxes
- Exempt from military service + had exclusive hunting rights
- Third Estate
- Nearly 28 million people - 97% of population
- 85% = peasants
- Bourgeoisie (middle class) at top
- Growing in wealth
- Growing in wealth
- Small property owners, skilled workers + unskilled labourers
- Paid 50% of income in taxes
- Did labour service on roads, could be conscripted + had soldiers billeted upon them
- Paid gabelle + taille to state
- Paid tithes to Church
- Paid feudal dues to landlord
- First Estate
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