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Catholic priests. The "first estate" under the French pre-revolutionary Ancien Régime was the clergy.
The FIRST estate was the Clergy - Bishops and priests, Abbotts, monks and friars. Their representatives were mainly Bishops and Abbotts, all appointed by the King and all members of the nobility by birth.
The SECOND estate was the Nobility - from Princes and Dukes down to local squires and all their sons - every child of a noble was noble by birth.
The tird estate, of course, was everybody else.
The First Estate was the Catholic Clergy: Bishops, Abbots, Monks and Priests.
- first estate=clergy 2.second estate=nobles 3.third estate =commons
The clergy were the first estate and the nobles were the second estate.
First Estate: Clergy
(Second estate:Nobility)
Third estate: Everyone else; peasants, middle class etc.)
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What are the three divisions of Frances social structure before the french revolution?
first estate second estate and third estate.
What 3 groups made up the 3rd estate?
The first estate was made up of clergies The second estate was made up of nobilities The third estate was made up of everyone who is not included in the first and second estate (According to Abbe Sieyes "what is the 3rd estate?" - everything)
What are the three estates in France prior to the revolution?
The Catholic Clergy made up the First Estate. The French Nobles made up the Second Estate. The commoners were all lumped into the Third Estate.
Who made up the third estate Frances?
Everyone else excluding the 1st estate and 2nd estate, so the bourgeois made up the third estate. Particularly the rich people.
What three groups of people made up the three estates of French society?
The first Estate was the Clergy, the second the nobility, and the third, well, everyone else, rich and poor, from rich Bourgeois to famished peasants. The third estate is the one that paid all the taxes.
What estate in french revolution does a pig farmer belong to?
The third estate. The first estate was made up of the clergy, the second estate was made up of the nobles and the peasants made up the third estate.
What are the three divisions of Frances social structure before the french revolution?
first estate second estate and third estate.
What were the percentages of the 3 estates of French Society just before the Revolution?
Just before the French revolution, the 3 estates of French society were the first estate made up of the Clergy, the second estate made up of nobles and the third estate made up of the peasants. During this time, the first estate made up 0.5% of the population, the second estate made up 1.5% and the third estate made up the remaining 98%.
Identify the different groups of people that made up each Estate in France?
The Catholic Clergy made up the First Estate and the Nobles the Second Estate. Everyone else was in the Third Estate.
What group in France made up each one of the three estates?
The French Estates General was made up of three main groups. This first Parliament consisted of the First Estates of clergy, the Second Estate of nobility, and the Third Estate of commoners.
How many people were in the 1st estate?
The First Estate, the Clergy made up approximately 1% of the French population.
The French middle class and peasantry belonged to the Estate?
The French middle class belonged to the Third Estate (commoners) while the peasantry also belonged to the Third Estate. The First Estate was made up of the clergy and the Second Estate was made up of the nobility.
What group made up the vast majority of French society?
it was the First Estate
What 3 groups made up the 3rd estate?
The first estate was made up of clergies The second estate was made up of nobilities The third estate was made up of everyone who is not included in the first and second estate (According to Abbe Sieyes "what is the 3rd estate?" - everything)
What are the three estates in France prior to the revolution?
The Catholic Clergy made up the First Estate. The French Nobles made up the Second Estate. The commoners were all lumped into the Third Estate.
What is the first estate made up of?
The first estate of the Estate General represented the Clergy (which is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion). The second estate represented the Nobility and the third the Commoners.
What were the three groups of people who made up the Estates General or France's first parliament?
The French Estates General was made up of three main groups. This first Parliament consisted of the First Estates of clergy, the Second Estate of nobility, and the Third Estate of commoners.
