<P> In France under the Old Regime , the Estates General ( French : États généraux ) or States - General was a legislative and consultative assembly ( see The Estates ) of the different classes ( or estates ) of French subjects . It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates ( clergy , nobility and commoners ) , which were called and dismissed by the king . It had no true power in its own right -- unlike the English parliament it was not required to approve royal taxation or legislation -- instead it functioned as an advisory body to the king , primarily by presenting petitions from the various estates and consulting on fiscal policy . The Estates General met intermittently until 1614 and only once afterwards , but was not definitively dissolved until after the French Revolution . </P>
<P> In France under the Old Regime , the Estates General ( French : États généraux ) or States - General was a legislative and consultative assembly ( see The Estates ) of the different classes ( or estates ) of French subjects . It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates ( clergy , nobility and commoners ) , which were called and dismissed by the king . It had no true power in its own right -- unlike the English parliament it was not required to approve royal taxation or legislation -- instead it functioned as an advisory body to the king , primarily by presenting petitions from the various estates and consulting on fiscal policy . The Estates General met intermittently until 1614 and only once afterwards , but was not definitively dissolved until after the French Revolution . </P>
what was the composition of the estate general of france
what was the composition of the estate general of france
clergy nobility commoners
clergy nobility commoners