French Nobility

The French nobility was a group of rich French people. They carried armor, a sword and had the right to hunt. Most people of this time were not allowed to do any of this, so they were very lucky people. The French nobility also did not need to pay tailles, if they did not own land that was out of reach for the French government. A taille was payed by common people, which was basically tax collected by the government. By the fifteenth century, serfdom started to increase, and the power of nobles started to decrease. Serfdom involved mining, working in fields. Serfs were agricultural slaves that worked for a master, without any pay.