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HIEU 242 Exam 1 - UTK Dr. Maccari-Clayton
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Ancien Regime
☑ political structure in pre-revolution France that consisted of absolutism and class
orders/estates
Absolutism
☑ system of government in which both legislative and executive power was
concentrated in the hands of a king who could act w/o any legal limitations on his
sovereignty (result of religious wars from earlier century)
Palace of Versailles
☑ center of French political power from 1682
Louis XIV
☑ "sun king" who moved nobles from provinces into Versailles
"nobility of the sword"
☑ old line of nobility extending over generations within one family
"nobility of the robe"
pg. 1
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☑ Nobility who bought in, new money
first estate
☑ clergy
second estate
☑ nobility
third estate
☑ commoners
honor in ancien regime
☑ distinguished birth and profession
moral basis of 18th century society
☑ tradition (family ways) & authority (church)
privileges
☑ private laws that legislated inequality, examples: death penalty and taxes only
applied to commoners
ancien regime dress code
pg. 2
HIEU 242 Exam 1 - UTK Dr. Maccari-Clayton
Questions and Correct Detailed Answers
(Verified Answers)
Ancien Regime
☑ political structure in pre-revolution France that consisted of absolutism and class
orders/estates
Absolutism
☑ system of government in which both legislative and executive power was
concentrated in the hands of a king who could act w/o any legal limitations on his
sovereignty (result of religious wars from earlier century)
Palace of Versailles
☑ center of French political power from 1682
Louis XIV
☑ "sun king" who moved nobles from provinces into Versailles
"nobility of the sword"
☑ old line of nobility extending over generations within one family
"nobility of the robe"
pg. 1
, Click here-Masterit - Stuvia US
☑ Nobility who bought in, new money
first estate
☑ clergy
second estate
☑ nobility
third estate
☑ commoners
honor in ancien regime
☑ distinguished birth and profession
moral basis of 18th century society
☑ tradition (family ways) & authority (church)
privileges
☑ private laws that legislated inequality, examples: death penalty and taxes only
applied to commoners
ancien regime dress code
pg. 2
