Ancien Régime

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:characterizedBy absolute monarchy
feudalism
privileged estates
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:currency gptkb:book
gptkbp:endDate gptkb:French_Revolution
1789
gptkbp:firstEstate gptkb:priest
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:First_French_Republic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ancien Régime
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Palace_of_Versailles
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Salic_law
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Rousseau
gptkb:Condorcet
gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:Montesquieu
gptkb:Diderot
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
gptkb:Revocation_of_the_Edict_of_Nantes
gptkb:War_of_the_Austrian_Succession
gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
gptkb:Storming_of_the_Bastille
gptkb:Estates-General_of_1789
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War_(French_involvement)
gptkb:The_Fronde
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:censorship
centralized royal authority
corvée (forced labor)
gabelle (salt tax)
guild system
hereditary privileges
intendants
parlements
taille (land tax)
tax exemptions for nobility and clergy
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Colbert
gptkb:Cardinal_Mazarin
gptkb:Cardinal_Richelieu
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Code_Louis
gptkb:Edict_of_Nantes
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Louis_XIV
gptkb:Louis_XVI
gptkb:Louis_XV
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Medieval_France
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:secondEstate gptkb:noble_family
gptkbp:socialStructure gptkb:Three_Estates
gptkbp:startDate 15th century
gptkbp:thirdEstate commoners
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4