In ancien régime france, the estates were the: a)mansions owned by the nobility. b)duties of the noblemen at versailles. c)classes that made up french society. d)administrative and religious divisions of the french territory

C) classes that made up French society

Explanation:

The estates in the Ancien Regime of France were representing the classes in the French society, thus defining the hierarchy in it. On top of the country was the monarch and the monarch was not included into the estates. There were three estates, the First Estate was the one of the clergy, consisted of relatively small amount of people that were influential in the religious circles. The Second Estate was made out of the nobility, also a relatively small number of people that had certain local power, large land, and were rich. The Third Estate was the one of the commoners. This was the estate that had the majority of the people in the country, which were mostly peasants and ordinary workers.

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