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
Ancien Régime in Europe	1
Ancien Régime of France	1
Classical Age in France	1
Old Regime	1
Reign of Louis XIV	1
feudal France	1
pre-revolutionary France	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 (100)

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

Comtat Venaissin → historicalEra → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Académie royale d’architecture → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Bourbonnais → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Collège de Navarre → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Collège des Jésuites de Langres → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Duke of Luxembourg → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Duke of Richelieu → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Edict of Nantes → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Estates-General of 1789 → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France

Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Hôtel de Brienne, Paris → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

subject surface form: Hôtel de Brienne

Montagne Sainte-Geneviève → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Prince of Soubise → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

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

Salle du Jeu de Paume, Versailles → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Vivarais → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

historical province of Champagne → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

École royale du génie de Mézières → historicalPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Maréchal de France → historicalPeriodOfUse → Ancien Régime ⓘ

arms of France → historicalPeriodOfUse → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Huguenot rebellions → historicalRegion → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran → historicalRegion → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

Catholic Church in France → historicallyLinkedTo → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Catholic Church in France → historicallyLinkedTo → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Legislative Assembly → legislativeBodyFor → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

du Plessis → linkedToInstitution → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Constance Bonacieux → loyalTo → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

The Old Regime and the Revolution → mainSubject → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France

Académie royale de danse → operatedUnderJurisdiction → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

French Revolution → overthrew → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Bourbon Spain → partOf → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in Europe

Huguenots → persecutedBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Salon of 1787 → politicalContext → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

French Constitution of 1791 → precededBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

French Revolution → precededBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

French royal court → seatOfPowerFor → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans → serviceTo → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

House of Bourbon → significantPeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

Prix de Rome → sponsor → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

arms of France → symbolOf → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Académie royale de danse → timePeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

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

Bourbon coat of arms → timePeriod → Ancien Régime ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: French monarchy

Bastille → usedBy → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: French monarchy

seigneur de la Sablière → usedDuring → Ancien Régime ⓘ

subject surface form: Seigneur de la Sablière

Comte (France) → usedIn → Ancien Régime ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France

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

this entity surface form: pre-revolutionary France