Give a brief account on the french society during the late eighteenth century
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The first estate.. Included the clergy
The second estate... Included the nobles
The third estate.... Included the artisans lawyers and peasants
The third estate had to pay all the tax. And the first two estate were redeemed from paying taxes
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Explanation:
The system of estates in French society :
Peasants made up about 90 per cent of the population. However,
only a small number of them owned the land they cultivated. About
60 per cent of the land was owned by nobles, the Church and other
richer members of the third estate. The members of the first two
estates, that is, the clergy and the nobility, enjoyed certain privileges by
birth. The most important of these was exemption from paying taxes to
the state. The nobles further enjoyed feudal privileges. These included
feudal dues, which they extracted from the peasants. Peasants were obliged to render services to the lord ñ to work in his house and fields ñ to serve in the army or to participate in building roads.
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