Question

What is meant by
a) Livre
b) Clergy
c) Tithe
d) Taille
FROM THE LESSON FRENCH REVOLUTION​

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

Question:-

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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