1. Prep is due – put it in the box!

2. Please turn your chair so you have your back to your partner
One of you will have a source – one of you will recreate the source – with the second one describing it!

4. What was France like in 1780?

6. The Ancien Regime: How did the Three Estates work?
For your Estate consider:
What sort of people were members?
How powerful were they?
What privileges did they have?
How would they feel about revolution?

7. The King – Absolute Monarch
Ruled by Divine Right.
Centre-point for legal authority of the realm (King = Chief Judge).
Head of long-established social hierarchy.
Unifying force in nation.

8. First Estate Clergy – Bishops, Archbishops, parish priests (curés).
Power derived from importance of religion.
Privileges:
No military service;
No taxes
Right to be tried in church courts.

9. Second Estate
Nobility, including members of the royal family alongside noblemen; traditionally landowners.
Nobility of the Sword – hereditary nobles.
Nobility of the Robe – status derived from job/position.
Privileges:
No taxes
Could wear a sword in public
Legal rights (could be beheaded rather than hanged)

10. Third Estate Everyone else – university professors, merchants, tramps.
Bourgeoisie – skilled classes, no privileges.
Peasantry – no privileges, forced to pay feudal dues (money) to their masters.

11. Prep
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