Ancien Régime

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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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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

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Keeper of the Seals hasHistoricalOriginIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Charles-François Lebrun employer Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Cour Carrée associatedWith Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Anne Hilarion de Tourville era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Vivarais historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Duke of Luxembourg historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans serviceTo Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
seigneur de la Sablière usedDuring Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Seigneur de la Sablière
Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran historicalRegion Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Saint-Germain-en-Laye hasHistoricalPeriodOfImportance Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime of France
Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie employer Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Nicolas de Largillière era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Charles de La Fosse activeIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Comtat Venaissin historicalEra Ancien Régime
Collège des Jésuites de Langres historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Collège d’Harcourt era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
French royal court seatOfPowerFor Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Nicolas Fouquet era Ancien Régime
Cirey, Kingdom of France era Ancien Régime
Jean Le Nôtre employer Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi era Ancien Régime
subject surface form: François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Huguenot rebellions historicalRegion Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
The Forty-Five Guardsmen depictsInstitution Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
The Knight of Maison-Rouge hasSubject Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans era Ancien Régime
pontificate of Clement V alignedWith Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Salle du Jeu de Paume, Versailles historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
The Old Regime and the Revolution mainSubject Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France
Grand Prix de Rome in architecture foundedBy Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne artisticPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Duke of Richelieu historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Duke of Richelieu associatedWith Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Collège de Navarre historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Bishopric of Arras continuedIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Grand Master of the Navigation and Commerce of France appliesToJurisdiction Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
du Plessis historicalAssociation Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
du Plessis linkedToInstitution Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Catholic Church in France historicallyLinkedTo Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Comte (France) usedIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Comte (France) historicalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: feudal France
Prince of Soubise historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France