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