Ancien Régime

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historical period political system social system

Ancien Régime refers to the political and social system of monarchical, aristocratic, and feudal institutions that governed France before the French Revolution of 1789.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Ancien Régime France 28
French monarchy 28
Ancien Régime in France 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political system ⓘ
social system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ancien Régime ⓘ
surface form: Old Regime
appliesTo France ⓘ
capital Paris ⓘ
characterizedBy absolutism ⓘ
centralization of royal power ⓘ
corporate society ⓘ
feudal privileges ⓘ
seigneurial rights ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
tax exemptions for nobility and clergy ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
economicSystem agrarian economy ⓘ
mercantilism ⓘ
endCause French Revolution ⓘ
surface form: French Revolution of 1789
endEvent French Revolution ⓘ
endPoint 1789 ⓘ
hasAssembly Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
hasEstate First Estate ⓘ
Second Estate ⓘ
Third Estate ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment absolute monarchy ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasKeyEvent reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
hasKeyInstitution Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
surface form: Estates-General

aristocracy ⓘ
feudal system ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
parlements ⓘ
hasSocialStructure Three Estates ⓘ
hasSymbol Bourbon monarchy ⓘ
influencedBy Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

feudalism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalSystem customary law ⓘ
royal ordinances ⓘ
notableRuler Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIV

Louis XV of France ⓘ
surface form: Louis XV

Louis XVI of France ⓘ
surface form: Louis XVI
opposedBy Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment thinkers

French revolutionaries ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startPoint 15th century ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
usedInContext Ancien Régime self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: pre-revolutionary France

Referenced by (100)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles de La Fosse → activeIn → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Musketeers of the Guard → activeInPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
pontificate of Clement V → alignedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Ancien Régime → alsoKnownAs → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Regime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne → artisticPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Bastille → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Bourbon coat of arms → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Cardinal Mazarin → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Château de la Muette → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Cour Carrée → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Duke of Richelieu → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Kings of France → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Marie Antoinette → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Bishopric of Arras → continuedIn → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
this entity surface form: French monarchy
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Charles-François Lebrun → employer → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Jean Le Nôtre → employer → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Académie royale de musique → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Anne Hilarion de Tourville → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Cardinal Mazarin → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Cirey, Kingdom of France → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Collège d’Harcourt → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
subject surface form: François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Françoise Marie de Bourbon → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Louis Dieudonné → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Louis XIV of France → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Louis XV of France → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Louis, Grand Dauphin → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Madame de Montespan → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reign of Louis XIV
Nicolas Fouquet → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Nicolas de Largillière → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
École Militaire → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
French Renaissance → followedBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Age in France
this entity surface form: French monarchy
this entity surface form: French monarchy
this entity surface form: French monarchy
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime of France
The Knight of Maison-Rouge → hasSubject → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: French monarchy
du Plessis → historicalAssociation → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Comte (France) → historicalContext → Ancien Régime ⓘ
this entity surface form: feudal France