how was the society organised in Europe before the eighteenth century.
Answers
Answer:
French society in the eighteen century was divided into three estates, only the members of third estate paid taxes. 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 estate, that is, the clergy and the nobility, enjoyed certain privileges by birth. The most important of these was exemption from paying taxes to the sate. The nobles further enjoyed privileges. These included feudal dues, which they extracted from the peasants. The term Old Regime is usually used to describe the society and institutions of France before 1789. Peasants came under the third estate. They were very uncomfortable as only they, that is, the third estate was told to pay taxes. Both the other estates were given special privileges.