Social inequality under the Ancien Regime
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- Created on: 02-04-13 13:12
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- Social Inequality under the Ancien Regime
- First Estate
- Church owned 10% of all land
- 130,000 clergy
- Exempt from any regular taxation
- Negotiated an annual payment ( Don Gratuit )
- Second Estate
- Owned at least 25% of all land in France
- Nearl all high positions were filled by the Nobility
- Enjoyed priviledges
- Tried in special courts
- Exempt from Taille
- Received feudal dues from peasants
- Third Estate
- Urban Workers
- Their standard of living fell in the 18th century as prices rose by 65% between 1726-89 while wages only rose by 22%
- Sklled and unskilled craftsmen
- Peasantry
- 85% of population
- Had to pay Tithe to the Church, taxes to the State and feudal dues to their lord.
- Most were labourers who grew enough to feed themselves and in a good year had a small surplus
- Bourgeoisie
- Richer members of the third estate (8% of population)
- Merchants, Laywers, Doctors, Landowners, Civil Servants.
- Richer members of the third estate (8% of population)
- Urban Workers
- First Estate
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