The Third Estate included approximately ninety-eight percent of the French population under the Old Regime. Which group was exclusively part of this estate?

The Third Estate consisted of people who were not members of the clergy or nobility, including peasants, urban workers, and many middle-class people. Peasants belonged exclusively to this estate. Parish priests were part of the clergy, while impoverished nobles still belonged to the Second Estate; landowners could come from different social groups.

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