Ancien Régime

1400s–1789 sociopolitical system of the Kingdom of France
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Summary

Ancien Régime is a political system[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of political system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,744 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3]
  • Instance of: former administrative territorial entity[4]
  • Commons category: Ancien Régime[5]
  • Said to be the same as: France in the early modern period[6]
  • Start time: 1500[7]
  • End time: August 1789[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ancien Régime[9]
  • Facet of: Kingdom of France[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]

Why It Matters

Ancien Régime has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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