The Estate-based society Flashcards
How was the absolute monarchy determined?
By the different estates, splitting up the society.
When did the estate-based society start?
In the Middle Ages, but changed in times of absolutism.
What was the third estate?
It was for everyone else who didn’t belong in the first or second estate.
How many people belonged to the third estate?
20 million people or 98% of society.
Who were the majority of the people in the third estate?
Farmers.
What are were the members of the third estate?
The farmers, workers and the middle class.
Where did the farmers live?
On landholdings of the noblemen.
What did farmers have to do?
Pay taxes and do compulsory labor for the noblemen.
Where did the middle class live?
In cities.
How had some people of the middle class become rich?
From owning manufactories or trading.
What was the society the wealthy middle class and noblemen were lived in?
The “high society” in the cities.
What was the difference between the noblemen and the wealthy middle class?
Unlike the noblemen, the middle class did not have any privileges or political influences.
What was the most part of the middle class?
Poor.
Who had to pay taxes?
All farmers and citizens except for the members of the first and second estate.
How did the first and second estate get 90% of their money?
From taxes.
What was the name for the second estate?
The Nobility.
How many people were part of the second estate?
35, 000 and 1.5% of society.
What were the privileges that the Nobility had?
They could vote and fish and hunt.
What did the noblemen have for jobs?
They had important roles in government.
What was the name for first estate?
The clergy.
What are the two types of structures in the first estate?
The higher clergy and the lower clergy.
What did the people of the higher clergy have for jobs?
They worked in government and as Bishops and abbots ( a man who is a head of a group of monks).
What did the lower clergy have for jobs?
Nuns, monk and priests.
Who didn’t have to pay taxes?
The Nobility and the higher and lower clergy.
