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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Château de Blois significantPeriod Ancien Régime
Duke of Chartres associatedWithEvent Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France
Philippe Mancini era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Chanteloup, Kingdom of France politicalContext Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Chanteloup
Lord of Montaigne feudalSystem Ancien Régime
Academy of Dijon prize competition historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Dauphin of France usedDuring Ancien Régime
Château de Brienne hasHistoricalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Louis-Auguste historicalEra Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
de Boufflers associatedWith Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Crillon, Picardy, Kingdom of France historicalEra Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Vivarais (Latin: Vivariensis) timePeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Vivarais
Duchess of Chartres era Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Françoise Marie de Bourbon
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Pont Louis XVI historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Marshal Luxembourg era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Marshalate of France associatedWith Ancien Régime
Estate of Trianon associatedWith Ancien Régime
Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Secretary of State of the Navy appliesToJurisdiction Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Secretary of State of the Navy (France)
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Louis François of France era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
historical province of Franc-Lyonnais timePeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Franc-Lyonnais
Prince of Salm-Kyrburg historicalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in the Holy Roman Empire
Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture exhibitions timePeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Great Fear historicalRegion Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Duchess of Vendôme usedIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Orléanais historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Trudaine family notablePeriod Ancien Régime
Étienne François era Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Étienne François, Duke of Choiseul
Rue Saint-Antoine historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Baron de La Brède historicalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Cap-Français historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: late Ancien Régime
historical province of Angoumois partOf Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Angoumois
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime provincial system
historical province of Angoumois historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Angoumois
de La Clue-Sabran historicalPeriodOfProminence Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France
Province of Bourbonnais partOf Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Monsieur, the King’s brother usedIn Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Monsieur, the King’s brother timePeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: pre-revolutionary France
historical province of Burgundy historicalEra Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Peyrou Promenade historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Histoires ou contes du temps passé historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Countess of Soissons linkedTo Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
The Old Régime in Canada mainSubject Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Old Regime institutions
Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d’État historicalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime in France
Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d’État historicalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: pre-revolutionary France
Vincennes Prison historicalPeriod Ancien Régime