In 1302, during the Reign of Philip III the French people were divided up into three distinct classes. They included those who prayed, those who fought and everyone else. These three groups, or estates, were referred to as the États-Généraux, or Estates General. From the 14th Century through most of the 18th Century, the Estates General ran pretty smoothly. As absolutism took hold in France under Louis XIII and Louis XIV, meetings of the Estates General became far and few between. In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, the Estates General met for the first time since 1614.

The First Estate- Those Who Prayed

The First Estate was made up of the clergy. They owned roughly 10% of land in France and made up about 10% of the population during the 18th Century. The church paid a “voluntary gift” every five years in lieu of taxes.

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