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