SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Tennis Court Oath, Jury Trial, Eth
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Army, government high positions in both collected rent from peasants who lived off their land collected dues from peasantry labour dues taxes on salt, bread, wine, etc. Everybody else" they did have some wealth some people who were all working not just peasantry. Unless you have status, you have nothing. At least 21 million were peasants standard of living were horrible rented from land who were a little better of then they. Growth of trade and industry had an effect on the french revolution- Voltaire, rousseau presenting idea of liberal society that flourished. Barriers to freedom, liberty, equality and brotherhood were torn down. Abolished compulsory church tithes and special privileges for the clergy. [think about this how did the philosophes and french revolution change society forever?] The massive estates of the nobility were broken up and the large land holdings of the french catholic were taken by the state.