Question

The meeting of the Estates-General was radicalized from the beginning because of the positions taken by the members of the Third Estate and also because of the published popular views of _________, a member of the First Estate:

Answer 1

Abbe Emmanuel Sieyes

Step-by-step explanation:

Abbe Emmanuel Sieyes was a roman catholic Frenchmen who is well known for his political theories during the French revolution. Although he belonged to First Estate, he actively fights for the rights of the third state which he considered as the true foundation of France. His pamphlet "What is the Third Estate" in 1789 helped the Estate General to transform into National assembly. This pamphlet became the manifesto of the French Revolution. He got universal attention for his contribution to the nascent social science.