What is meant by
a) Livre
b) Clergy
c) Tithe
d) Taille
FROM THE LESSON FRENCH REVOLUTION
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a) livre:
A money of account formerly used in France and originally worth a pound of silver.
b) Clergy:
A group ordained to perform pastoral or sacerdotal functions in a Christian church.
c) Tithe:
A tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment.
d) Taille:
(In France before 1789) a tax levied on the common people by the king or an overlord.
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What is meant by
a) Livre
b) Clergy
c) Tithe
d) Taille
FROM THE LESSON FRENCH REVOLUTION
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a).Livre:-
- Livre was the currency used in France until 1794.
- It was introduced by Charlemagne around 781.
- A livre was a unit equal to one pound of silver.
- It was the name of both coins and units of accounts.
b).clergy:-
- This system was made up of clergy (the First Estate), nobility (the Second Estate), and commoners (the Third Estate).
- The First Estate comprised the entire clergy, traditionally divided into “higher” and “lower” clergy.
c).Tithe:-
- giving or an exacting of tithes.
- a grouping of men, originally 10 in number, for legal and security purposes in the Anglo-Saxon and Norman system of frankpledge.
d). Taille:-
- Taille, the most important direct tax of the pre-Revolutionary monarchy in France.
- Its unequal distribution, with clergy and nobles exempt, made it one of the hated institutions of the ancien régime.
- The taille originated in the early Middle Ages as an arbitrary exaction from peasants.
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