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The document summarizes the three estates of French society prior to the French Revolution. The First Estate consisted of Catholic clergy who made up 1% of the population and controlled 10-15% of the land in France. They received income from tithes and land holdings. The Second Estate was the 2% nobility who owned 25% of the land and received income from feudal dues on peasants working their land. The Third Estate was 97% of the population, including peasants, urban workers, and the middle class bourgeoisie

Author

Evgeni Genev

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