Explain Clergy, Nobles, Commons?
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Clergy and Nobility were privileged class. They had certain special privileges; in addition to feudal privilege. They were exempted from paying any types of taxes.
The Third Estate comprised all of those who were not members of the above and can be divided into two groups, urban and rural, together making up 98% of France’s population. The urban included the bourgeoisie and wage-laborers. The rural included peasants. they carried the burden of paying taxes.
The French estates of the realm system was based on massive social injustices that were one of the key factors leading up to the French Revolution.
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