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  2. Ancien régime - Wikipedia

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    The ancien régime (/ ˌ ɒ̃ s j æ̃ r eɪ ˈ ʒ iː m /; French: [ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim] ⓘ; lit. ' old rule ' ) was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France that the French Revolution overturned [ 1 ] through its abolition in 1790 of the feudal system of the French nobility [ 2 ] and in 1792 through its execution of the king ...

  3. Estates of the realm - Wikipedia

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    The best known system is the French Ancien Régime (Old Regime), a three-estate system which was made up of a First Estate of clergy, a Second Estate of titled nobles, and a Third Estate of all other subjects (both peasants and bourgeoisie).

  4. The Old Regime and the Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Alexis de Tocqueville, L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution, Lévy, 1866. L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution (1856) is a work by the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville translated in English as either The Old Regime and the Revolution or The Old Regime and the French Revolution.

  5. French Revolutionary Army - Wikipedia

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    As the Ancien Régime gave way to a constitutional monarchy, and then to a republic, 1789–92, the entire structure of France was transformed to fall into line with the Revolutionary principles of "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity". Reactionary Europe stood opposed, especially after the French king was executed.

  6. Kingdom of France - Wikipedia

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    The administrative and social structures of the Ancien Régime were the result of years of state-building, legislative acts (like the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts), internal conflicts and civil wars, but they remained a confusing patchwork of local privilege and historic differences until the French Revolution brought about a radical ...

  7. Category:French regiments of the Ancien Régime - Wikipedia

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    This is the category page for regiments of the Royal French Army which existed at any time during the Ancien Régime period (1652–1792). Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

  8. Political history of France - Wikipedia

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    The Ancien Régime [a] also known as the Old Regime, was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France from the Late Middle Ages (c. 1500) until 1789 and the French Revolution [7] which abolished the feudal system of the French nobility (1790) [8] and hereditary monarchy (1792). [9]

  9. Parlement - Wikipedia

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    Under the French Ancien Régime, a parlement (French pronunciation: [paʁləmɑ̃] ⓘ) was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France.In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the original and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris.