How divided was society during the AR?

Question 1

Divided?

Answer 1

Between and among

More divisions within the groups than between

Question 2

Similarities with the clergy?

Answer 2

all exempt from taille
all combined to pay don gratuit
honorary privileges eg bein gprosecuted in their own church courts; not asked to do military service
Church recieved tithe

Question 3

Differences with clergy?

Answer 3

Salary- 700-1k vs 20k
absenteeism practised by bishops; they could recieve payment from two churches even though they only worked one at a time

Question 4

Similarities within the 3rd estate?

Answer 4

all had no priviledges- had to pay direct taxes (taille), do feudal dues (eg corvee) and pay indirect taxes eg gabelle and tithe

Question 5

Divisions within the 3rd estate?

Answer 5

Bourgeoise could become a noble de robe by buying into it through venal offices ( 2 bought a day)
Urban workers v poor- Fr coal produciton= 1/20 English
Seigneural dues for the peasants (eg champart- grain payment every year and cens- cash payment every year)
Rich land owningn v bound to seigneur (had to pay banalties to use wine press and mill)

BOURGEOISE CLOSER TO THE NOBILITY THAN THEIR OWN CLASS

Question 6

Differences between nobility and bourgeoise?

Answer 6

Honorific privileges of nobility eg being beheaded not hung

Wealth comes from unearned income vs bourgeoise had to work for their wealth

Question 7

Similarities between bourgeoise and nobility?

Answer 7

Not different in wealth
Venal officers- 2 times a day
Bourgeoise would often add noble names like duc and baron - no opposition to this suggests no inherent distinction
Some of the jobs of the nobles in Britanny were stewards/gamekeepers/chairmen- dispels illusion that nobles were that far above