nation. Furthermore‚ the French currency became corrupt and seriously invaluable. In order to cultivate and regenerate wealth in France‚ ruling monarch Louis XVI sought to impose taxes on the constituents of the land. However‚ the nobility and the clergy refused to compensate the state by paying taxes. Luckily‚ their power and status legalized
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of the Middle Ages. (Mann‚ Jill. Chaucer And Medieval Estate Satire. Introduction. London: Syndics of Cambridge University Press‚ 1973. 1-7.Print.) Feudal society was traditionally divided into three "estates". The "First Estate" was the Church (clergy = those who prayed). The "Second Estate" was the Nobility (those who fought = knights). It was common for aristocrats to enter the Church and thus shift from the second to the first estate. The "Third Estate" was the Peasantry (everyone else‚ at least
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The Clergy comprised of two groups’ i.e. the higher clergy and the lower clergy. The former managed the churches‚ monasteries and educational institutions so they did not pay any taxes to the monarch. They used the common people so the latter hated them. However‚ the lower clergy served the people and they lived a miserable life. The Nobility too did not pay any taxes to the king. There were
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The French Revolution was caused by many significant factors like Frances large population‚ and the elections to the Estates-General; however‚ the foremost cause of instability during the Revolution was the Civil Constitution of the Clergy of 1790. “At the beginning of the eighteenth century‚ France had 20 million people living within its borders‚ a number equal to nearly 20 percent of the population of non-Russian Europe. Over the course of the century‚ that number increased by another 8 to 10
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main grievances of the Western rebels which implies that not everybody had so easily given in to the imminent approach of Protestantism and Catholicism was still favoured among the common people. It would seem that the elite and the less educated clergy were open to reform and had accepted it whereas the common people‚ to whom religion is central to their lives and popular culture‚ were less ready to accept radical reform. Nevertheless the Book of Common Prayer was the only significant shift towards
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in the clergy exploitation of the Christian doctrine. In that era the text and the sermons were given in Latin unfortunately‚ majority of the congregation if not all of the congregation did not speak Latin. Consequently‚ they were unable to comprehend the sermon. Additionally‚ the clergy did not live in their own diocese‚ or speak the native language therefore‚ they could not sympathize to the needs of the population. Bring together those reasons and the greed and scandalous lives the clergy maintained
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room for all sorts of people. It had a place for the clergy‚ those who fought in the wars‚ and the “peasants.” In this essay‚ we are going to look at those three sections of people more closely. In this first section of people‚ we will discuss “those who pray” or the clergy. The clergy assigned its leaders to conduct the prayers. This‚ sparked arguments and disputes between other members of the clergy. However‚ another purpose that the clergy served was to regulate disputes in society. For an example
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newspaper‚ which was written by eight local “clergy men”‚ consisting of Christian and Jewish religious leaders. The “open letter” condemned King as an outsider‚ and the demonstration as the cause of violent reaction in the community. On this fourth day of his imprisonment‚ Martin Luther King penned his now famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” For my formal paper I decided to analyze his beautiful‚ and well thought out response to the local clergy. Although King appeals to the common Judeo-
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is freed and saved from all punishments‚” (Document 3). At the time the Church had several architectural projects they wanted to complete‚ including St. Peter’s Plaza in Rome. To fund projects like St. Peter’s Plaza‚ the Church needed money. Many clergy members also stole the indulgence money from the Church and used it to benefit themselves. The Church knew the intelligence behind the sale of indulgences. If Catholic leaders told Christians that purchasing indulgences or making donations to the
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The groups most likely oppose the revoluion included the members of the first and second estates. The first estates were clergy. The clergy exempt from taxes because the church role in poor relief‚ healthcare and education. The second estate is the nobles. The nobles held the top jobs in the government‚ army and courts. Both the clergy and nobles did not have to pay taxes. This cause problems between them and Louis XIV. These two eststates opposed the revoltion because their wealth and privleges
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