The Origins of Contemporary France
Subtitle: The Ancient Regime
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781419176388
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History: World; History; History - General History; France; Europe - France
First sentence: In 1789 three classes of persons, the Clergy, the Nobles and the King, occupied the most prominent position in the State with all the advantages pertaining thereto namely, authority, property, honors, or, at the very least, privileges, immunities, favors, pensions, preferences, and the like.