The three estates were the clergy , nobility and the peasants/trades people, etc.
Clergy - was the largest owner of the land - clergy was exempt from paying taxes to the state.
Nobility- nobles further enjoyed feudal privileges and some privileges from birth.
Peasants and trades people - peasants were obliged to render services to the lord, work in his house or fields, work in the army or to participate in building roads. They had to pay a number of taxes to the slay and to the church.
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The three estates of the Middle Ages were.......
1. the clergy - (those who prayed)
2. the nobility - (those who fought)
3. the peasants and townspeople - (those who worked)
First Estate is the clergy.
Second Estate is nobility, royalty, and aristocrats - except the monarch.
Third Estate is everyone else.
The European Ages used class and estates as a system of stratification for feudal societies. Feudalism had three estates, which were the Church was the first estate, the nobility were the second, and the peasants were the third estate.
As Rome grew, many Rome's rich landowners lived on huge estates. Small farmers found it difficult to compete with the large estates. So a large number of them old their lands to wealthy landowners. They became poor and jobless. So if they limited the size of the roman estates, the small farmers wouldn't have to sell lands and become poor.
public authority predominantly in private hands- the owners of land estates
There were three classes in Rome. The patricians were an aristocracy and owners of large landed estates. The Equites (equestrians, cavalrymen) were an entrepreneurial group: bankers, moneylenders, merchants and investors in shipping and mining. The plebeians were the poor.
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