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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All labels observed (24)

Label	Occurrences
Ancien Régime canonical	170
Ancien Régime France	158
French monarchy	44
Ancien Régime in France	9
pre-revolutionary France	3
early modern France	2
Ancien Régime French monarchy	1
Ancien Régime French royal court	1
Ancien Régime estates system	1
Ancien Régime feudal system	1
Ancien Régime government	1
Ancien Régime in Europe	1
Ancien Régime in the Holy Roman Empire	1
Ancien Régime of France	1
Ancien Régime provincial system	1
Ancien Régime social hierarchy	1
Classical Age in France	1
French Ancien Régime administration	1
Old Regime	1
Old Regime institutions	1
Reign of Louis XIV	1
Three Estates of pre-revolutionary France	1
feudal France	1
late Ancien Régime	1

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 (404)

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

French Revolution → precededBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

French Revolution → overthrew → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Louis XIV of France → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Château de la Muette → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Huguenots → persecutedBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Brienne-le-Château military school → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

House of Bourbon → significantPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Salon of 1787 → politicalContext → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture → underAuthorityOf → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture → timePeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

École Militaire → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Prix de Rome → sponsor → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Constance Bonacieux → loyalTo → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Bastille → usedBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Bastille → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Kings of France → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Hôtel de Brienne, Paris → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

subject surface form: Hôtel de Brienne

Bourbon Spain → partOf → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in Europe

Estates-General of 1789 → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Ancien Régime → alsoKnownAs → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Regime

Ancien Régime → usedInContext → Ancien Régime self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-revolutionary France

French Constitution of 1791 → precededBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

revocation of the Edict of Nantes → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

subject surface form: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Académie royale de danse → operatedUnderJurisdiction → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Académie royale de danse → timePeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Marie Antoinette → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Académie royale de musique → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Académie royale d’architecture → foundedUnderAuthorityOf → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Académie royale d’architecture → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Legislative Assembly → legislativeBodyFor → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Madame de Montespan → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Reign of Louis XIV

Edict of Nantes → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Louis, Grand Dauphin → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Louis Dieudonné → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Louis XV of France → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Cardinal Mazarin → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Cardinal Mazarin → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Musketeers of the Guard → activeInPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Bourbonnais → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye → builtFor → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Bourbon coat of arms → associatedWith → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Bourbon coat of arms → timePeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

arms of France → symbolOf → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

arms of France → historicalPeriodOfUse → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Françoise Marie de Bourbon → era → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

French Renaissance → followedBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Age in France

First Treaty of Versailles (1756) → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France