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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Royal Council of France partOf Ancien Régime
Royal Council of France timePeriod Ancien Régime
Chancery of France historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Most Christian King timePeriodOfUse Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Charenton-Saint-Maurice timePeriod Ancien Régime
Bishop’s Palace of Verdun hasHistoricalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
The Swing artHistoricalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Blind Man’s Bluff artHistoricalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Swiss nobility historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Winter (La Frileuse) culturalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Portrait of Madame Victoire timePeriodDepicted Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
François Fouquet era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Palace of Saint‑Cloud era Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Palace of Saint-Cloud
Forest of Meudon hasHistoricalPeriod Ancien Régime
House of Noailles periodOfActivity Ancien Régime
Portrait of Louis XV as a child depictsHistoricalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Portrait of the Marquise de Montespan hasCulturalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Portrait of the Duke of Antin culturalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Regent of France hasTemporalExtent Ancien Régime
The Triumph of Venus culturalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Bourbon lilies historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils historicalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Abbaye-aux-Dames convent school in Caen historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
François de Corday (father) timePeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
The Spoiled Child culturalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Louis Vigée era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Bust of Marie Antoinette culturalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Tocqueville family historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
historical province of Bresse historicalEra Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Bresse
Mélancholie artHistoricalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Portrait of Madame de Maintenon culturalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Tomb of Marshal de Saxe significantPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
House of Richelieu historicalEra Ancien Régime
Gevaudan timePeriod Ancien Régime
subject surface form: Gévaudan
The Declaration of Love culturalContext Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
François de Créquy era Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
House of Hostun historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime France
Bourbon France socialStructure Ancien Régime
this entity surface form: Ancien Régime estates system