In what ways were noble privileges under attack during the social shifts of the eighteenth century? How did aristocrats defend their interests?

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. Growth of powerful monarchies in Western Europe
2. Nobles forcing the codification of traditional rights
3. New limitations on access to the nobility
4. Nobles creating new opportunities for taxation

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