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how french society was divided into 3 estates during old regime​

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Answered by sunooismyhusband
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Answer:

French society was divided into three estates during the old regime : the clergy, the nobility and the commoners.

Explanation:

the first estate: the clergy consisted of the archbishops, nuns, cardinals and the people ordained in the catholic church

the second estate: includes the nobility who ruled the country.

the third estate: further divides into the wealthy bourgeois(merchants, lawyers etc) and the poorer peasants who paid taxes direct to the state called taille and to the church called tithes, including several other taxes on necessities.

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