Matching Pairs Early Modern FranceOnline version To test knowledge of events, figures, and trends in France from the late 15th century to the late 18th century by Elise Masciantonio 1 Apart from domestic work, a major opportunity for education and leadership that was available to women 2 3 Influential group of French social historians 4 Powerful queen of France who provided patronage to the arts and the alleged seer Nostradamus 5 Lengthy series of conflicts between England and France that, coupled with the effects of the Black Death, decimated the French population 6 provided the basic framework for rural economic and social organization throughout the Sun King's reign 7 Important historian on early modern French society and culture 8 The old political system that lasted from the late 15th century until the Revolution 9 The first major French explorer of the New World sent by Francis I in 1534 10 guildspeople 11 House of Valois 12 most important aspect of French agriculture 13 Last king of L'Ancien Régime 14 Occitan 15 16 Provided theoretical basis for absolutist states in his writings, along with a theological basis for demonic witchcraft 17 French Protestants inspired by writings of Jean Calvin who faced periods of religious persecution 18 19 Moved the royal residence from Paris to Versailles Fundamental document of the French Revolution seigneuries Île-de-France region Annales School The royal dynasty that succeeded the Capetians and preceded the Bourbons grain Hundred Years' War region annexed by France in the 17th century convents Catherine de' Medici Natalie Zemon Davis Louis XVI Louis XIV group that held growing political and economic power in villages and towns apart from the agricultural economy Ancien Régime Huguenots Jacques Cartier Jean Bodin Group of languages spoken in the southern regions of France