Yes, the Catholic clergy.
The first estate of France consisted of the clergy.The clergy people were the people who performed special function in the church. They were excluded from paying taxes.
The Catholic Clergy were the First Estate and were tax exempt. The Nobles made up the Second Estate and paid no taxes. Everyone else was in the Third Estate and paid all of the taxes.
The first estate of the Estate General represented the Clergy (which is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion). The second estate represented the Nobility and the third the Commoners.
The Catholic clergy were the First Estate.
The Catholic Clergy.
The First Estate of the French social order was comprised of priests of the Roman Catholic Church.
No, the Clergy formed the First Estate of France.
The first estate of France consisted of the clergy.The clergy people were the people who performed special function in the church. They were excluded from paying taxes.
The Catholic Clergy were the First Estate and were tax exempt. The Nobles made up the Second Estate and paid no taxes. Everyone else was in the Third Estate and paid all of the taxes.
The Clergy.
The First Estate consisted of the Catholic Clergy.
The Third Estate was the commons or the ordinary people, the First Estate being the clergy and the Second Estate the nobility .
The first estate of the Estate General represented the Clergy (which is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion). The second estate represented the Nobility and the third the Commoners.
The First Estate during the French Revolution was the nobility.
The Catholic Clergy
Catholic priests. The "first estate" under the French pre-revolutionary Ancien Régime was the clergy.
The Catholic clergy were the First Estate.