Estates-General, in France of the pre-Revolution monarchy, the representative ... It consisted of the First Estate (clergy), the Second Estate (nobility), and the Third ... Moreover, the Third Estate had been undermined by its members' tendency to​ .... The Catholic clergy made up the first estate and owned 10% of the land. While the french church highest officials were wealthy and paid no tax to the royal .... The First Estate was part of France's three social orders and it had c
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