There are three different social classes here in France. There is the First, Second, and Third estate. The Third Estate is tired of the First and Second not having to pay taxes. The First Estate is made up of the members of the members of the Catholic Church. There is the higher clergy, which is bishops and archbishops; and there is the lower clergy, which are the monks, Fiars, Rural and Parish priests. The Church was an integral element of both the social and political framework. The Church was responsible for education and charitable works. The higher clergy are extremely wealthy. The Church owns about 10% of France. It collects about 150 million livers a year from rents and tithes. They don’t have to pay tax so they are becoming extremely wealthy. They should be the ones paying the most taxes because they are the wealthiest; instead of making the poorest people of all of France pay them. They took an oath not to disband until a new French constitution has been adopted.
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The nobles were men born into or granted titles like Duke, Count, Viscount, Baron or Chevalier. The titles gave them rights and privileges; a big one does not have to pay taxes. They do this because it is tradition The order of knights that existed under feudalism the nobles are considered to be a military order that paid their dues to the nation with blood. If they are from families with a history of military service they were classified a Noblesse or “Nobles of the Sword”. There is a second category of nobles called “Nobles of the Robe”. They were people whose families had non-military background, there service through the administrative or judicial jobs. They can also buy titles with large sums of cash, which is called venality. Most of the Nobles owned land and didn’t have to pay
The nobles were men born into or granted titles like Duke, Count, Viscount, Baron or Chevalier. The titles gave them rights and privileges; a big one does not have to pay taxes. They do this because it is tradition The order of knights that existed under feudalism the nobles are considered to be a military order that paid their dues to the nation with blood. If they are from families with a history of military service they were classified a Noblesse or “Nobles of the Sword”. There is a second category of nobles called “Nobles of the Robe”. They were people whose families had non-military background, there service through the administrative or judicial jobs. They can also buy titles with large sums of cash, which is called venality. Most of the Nobles owned land and didn’t have to pay