| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:historical_period
 
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                                | gptkbp:capital | gptkb:Paris 
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                                | gptkbp:characterizedBy | absolute monarchy feudalism
 privileged estates
 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:France 
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                                | gptkbp:currency | gptkb:book 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | gptkb:French_Revolution 1789
 
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                                | gptkbp:firstEstate | gptkb:priest 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:First_French_Republic 
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                                | gptkbp:mainLanguage | gptkb:French 
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                                | gptkbp:notableBuilding | gptkb:Palace_of_Versailles 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCase | gptkb:Salic_law 
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                                | gptkbp:notableContributor | gptkb:Rousseau gptkb:Condorcet
 gptkb:Voltaire
 gptkb:Montesquieu
 gptkb:Diderot
 
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                                | 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
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFeature | gptkb:censorship gptkb:guild_system
 centralized royal authority
 corvée (forced labor)
 gabelle (salt tax)
 hereditary privileges
 intendants
 parlements
 taille (land tax)
 tax exemptions for nobility and clergy
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFigure | gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Colbert gptkb:Cardinal_Mazarin
 gptkb:Cardinal_Richelieu
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | gptkb:Code_Louis gptkb:Edict_of_Nantes
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableRuler | gptkb:Louis_XIV gptkb:Louis_XVI
 gptkb:Louis_XV
 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Medieval_France 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Roman_Catholicism 
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                                | gptkbp:secondEstate | gptkb:noble_family 
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                                | gptkbp:socialStructure | gptkb:Three_Estates 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 15th century 
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                                | gptkbp:thirdEstate | commoners 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:French_Revolution gptkb:French_monarchy
 gptkb:Louis_XV
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Ancien Régime 
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