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Explain the composition of “Three Estates of France”. |
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Answer» The three estates comprised of the nobles, clergy and commoners respectively. The clergy, despite being a minority, numbering only about 130,000, occupied a preeminent position in France. The nobility, also a minority, numbering about 110,000, was a landowning class enjoying feudal rights formed the second estate. The middle class and the peasants together formed the Third Estate. |
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