What was the Estates-General? How did it function?

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Rayne Calhoun

9 April, 06:30

What was the Estates-General? How did it function?

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Erik Bowers · Answer 1

In France under the Old Regime, the Estates General or States-General was a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subjects. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king.