Kingdom of France
Kingdom of France |
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Parlements French nobility Taille Gabelle Seigneurial system |
France under the Ancien Régime (before the French Revolution) divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered part of no estate.
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