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