💖social order before the revolution 💖 Flashcards
what type of society was France?
2 points
1.corporate society-
2.made up of different groups all with special laws and privileges
example of an honorific privilege?
a nobles right to wear a sword in public
what are legal concessions?
priests and nobles were tried in different courts made up of their own kind
what are fiscal concessions?
the first and second estate negotiated with the king to pay less tax in proportion to their wealth
what is the first estate?
clergy and members of the church
what was the first estate’s role?
to pray for France to be free of evil influences
what is the second estate?
noble men
what was the second estate’s role?
to fight for the king and maintain sufficient equipment and soldiers in times of wae
what was the third estate?
everyone who didn’t fit into the first two estates. The working class but mostly peasents.
what was the third estate’s role?
to provide food and artisan goods for the first two estates.
was everyone in the first and second estate rich, and everyone in the third estate poor?
no, each estate had poor and wealthy people ranking from high nobles to poor priests.
feudalism
the medieval political and economic system where the third estate payed heavy taxes to the other two estates
