What was the estate general?

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The Estates-General was an assembly comprising the clergy of the French nobles and the middle class. It was in 1614 that the Estates-General was last called.

Before the French Revolution, which took place in 1789, the general assembly was recognized as the Estates-General.

The Estates-General represented all of France’s three estates.

This assembly combined the First, Second and Third Estate members and acted as France’s legislative assembly.

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