the three estates - ancien regime

Question 1

1st estate are

Answer 1

the clergy

Question 2

pop of france by 1780s

Answer 2

27 milliiom

Question 3

out of france’s 27 million population how many were 1st estate clergy

Answer 3

approx 150,000

Question 4

what taxes did the clergy not pay

Answer 4

the taille or the vingtienne

Question 5

what did peasants pay directly to the clergy

Answer 5

the tithe

Question 6

how much of a peasant’s yearly income was the tithe

Answer 6

1/10

Question 7

clergy owned ? of law

Answer 7

courts

Question 8

the clergy were main platform of communication why

Answer 8

they spread word fron pulpit especially useful for those who couldnt read

Question 9

2 things clergy controlled

Answer 9

teaching and censorship

Question 10

how much land did 1st estate own despite being 150,000/ 27,000,000

Answer 10

owned 1/10 of land

Question 11

stats to do with clergy 1/10

Answer 11

tithe - tax paid by peasants to church which was 1/10 of their yearly income
1/10 = proportion of land they owned

Question 12

2 forms of corruption within the church

Answer 12

absenteeism and pluralism

Question 13

what is pluralism

Answer 13

the practice of holding more than one ecclesiastical office at a time

Question 14

why did first estate not mean everyone within it benefitted

Answer 14

only positions at top rlly benefitted - bishops cardinals archbishops - all of these positions cld only be obtain from ppl who came from nobility / fams in nob

Question 15

example of why priests suffered whilt bishops didnt

Answer 15

don gratuit
what church paid instead of tax
lump sum every 5 years
priests had to pay for half of it despite earning significantly less than their superiors

Question 16

2nd estate were

Answer 16

the nobility

Question 17

number of those within 2nd estate in 1780s

Answer 17

200,000-400,000

Question 18

jobs that only nobility cld obtain

Answer 18

ambassadors, ministers, highest offices in church

Question 19

what taxes were the nobility exempt from

Answer 19

taille
lorvee
paid minimised vingtienne

Question 20

seigneurs

Answer 20

had monopolies over local communities

controlled wine presses so wld charge banalites to peasants wanting to make wine

Question 21

examples of banalitEs

Answer 21

wine press, ovens

in some regions seigneurs would allow no one else to own male pigs and cattle so that they could charge a breeding fee

Question 22

seigneurs cld ? and ? but peasants couldn t

Answer 22

hunt and fish

Question 23

how much land did the nobles own

Answer 23

between 1/4 - 1/5

Question 24

2 types of nobles

Answer 24

of the sword

of the robe

Question 25

of the robe ? it and nobles of sword the ? ones

Answer 25

nobles of robe bought it

sword old ones

Question 26

nickname for desperate countryside nobles of sword

Answer 26

hoberaux

Question 27

groups within the 3rd estate

Answer 27

bourgeoisie
urban workers
peasants

Question 28

bad life for peasants land fact

Answer 28

only had enough land for farming to harvest food for themselves and their family
had to borrow equipment to farm often