A. French aristocrats belonged to the second estate
D. it was very difficult to change membership in a estate
During the periods that were characterized by feudalism, the clergy was regarded as the first estate, the aristocrats were the second estate, while those that were commoners or peasants were third estate.
No social mobility existed among these estates. So it was difficult to change membership.
Explanation: Plebians were the lower class so why would they be the ones to decide who should have power and the patricians were higher class idiviguals so they truly held most of the power its like the german richstag and bunderat
