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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French Minister of War timePeriod Ancien Régime
Bourbon royal army organizedUnder Ancien Régime
Jesuits in France historicalPeriod Ancien Régime