What are the three estates?
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From your other questions I imagine that this is related to the French Revolution. Here's a link that describes what you want to know. http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture11a.html
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The "First Estate" was the Church (clergy = those who prayed). The "Second Estate" was the Nobility (those who fought = knights) The "Third Estate" was the Peasantry (everyone else, at least under feudalism: those who produced the food which supported those who prayed and those who fought, the members of the First and Second Estates). Note that these "estates" are defined primarily by what one does (as well as by the social class one is born into). Source: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl430/estates.html
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Sounds like you are doing an assignment on the French revolution. Remember to cross check everything we tell you....
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