In eighteenth century Europe,

A. it was illegal for a noble class male to marry a middle-class female without a government dispensation everywhere except in Prussia and the Netherlands.
B. noble and bourgeois women dressed in the same fashion and were visually indistinguishable.
C. the peasants composed less than forty percent of the populations of Austria and France.
D. nobles constituted approximately two or three percent of the population.
E. factory workers had replaced farmers as the majority of the population.


Answer: D

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