estate based society

Question 1

how many estates are there?

Answer 1

there are 3 estates

Question 2

what are the 3 estates?

Answer 2

1 is the clergy [members of the church] 1%
2 is the nobility/ ruling class[land owners] 2%
3 the work people who had barely no rights and payed 75% tax.

Question 3

what is the social role of the clergy?

Answer 3

They were the people that worked for the church and they paid no tax, at the top of the clergy is the pope and the bottom are basically regular people.

Question 4

What was the social role of the nobility?

Answer 4

the nobility were the people who were land owners or close family of, at the top was the king at the bottom were lords they paid no tax and often got tax money.

Question 5

What was the social role of the clergy?

Answer 5

the clergy were the working for the chatholic church at the top was the pope and the bottom were regular preists.

Question 6

why was the tax so high?

Answer 6

Because the government was broke and they needed money so they raised the price of bread [a staple food].