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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maîtres des requêtes historicalOrigin Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime French monarchy
Parlement of Paris partOf Ancien Régime
Parlement of Paris timePeriod Ancien Régime
Prince of the Blood (France) usedIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Grand Veneur de France appliesToJurisdiction Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Grand Veneur de France activityPeriod Ancien Régime
Couvent des Feuillants historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Theatine church in Paris (Sainte-Anne-la-Royale, demolished) historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Theatine church in Paris (Sainte-Anne-la-Royale)
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Louis the Great era Ancien Régime
Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Loire Valley châteaux associatedWith Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Victoire of France livedDuring Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Duke of Penthièvre usedIn Ancien Régime
Madame Élisabeth of France era Ancien Régime
First Minister of State partOf Ancien Régime
First Minister of State positionHeldIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
House of Mazarin associatedWith Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
rue Saint-Jacques inTimePeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Rue Saint-Jacques
Matignon family historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Louvois era Ancien Régime
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Peace of Rueil historicalEra Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi appliesToJurisdiction Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: French monarchy
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi partOf Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime government
Code Noir (involvement in drafting) timePeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Code Noir
French livre historicalRegion Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Peace of Alès historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Angoumois timePeriod Ancien Régime
Nivernais historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Louis de France era Ancien Régime
King of France and Navarre partOf Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France
Louis, Duke of Burgundy era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie historicalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Madame Royale usedIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Quercy timePeriod Ancien Régime
former Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
physiocracy timePeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Physiocracy
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Collège du Plessis historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Lettre sur la liberté du commerce des grains historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France
French royal forces activeInPeriod Ancien Régime
hand of justice associatedWith Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Hand of Justice
this entity surface form: French monarchy
hand of justice historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Hand of Justice
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France