THE ANCIEN RÉGIME

THE ANCIEN RÉGIME

1. A PERIOD FROM 17TH TO 18TH CENTURY

   • THE MODERN AGE

2. POLITICS

   • ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
     • LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE
       • "THE SUN KING"
       • THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES
     • POWER CAME FROM GOD
       • UNLIMITED POWER
       • DIDN'T CALL THE PARLIAMENT
       • INTERVENED IN ECONOMY
   • PARLAMENTARY MONARCHY
     • ENGLAND
       • GLORIOUS REVOLUTION 17TH CENT.
         • CHARLES I - CROMWELL- CHARLES II - JAMES II - WILLIAM OF ORANGE
         • THE BILL OF RIGHTS
     • TWO CHAMBERS
       • HOUSE OF LORDS
         • NOBILITY
       • HOUSE OF COMMONS
         • BOURGEOISIE

3. ECONOMY

   • AGRICULTURE
     • LOW PRODUCTIVITY
       • POVERTY AND STARVING
       • OLD TECHNIQUES
         • TRIENNIAL CROP ROTATION
           • WHEAT LEGUMES FALLOW
       • OLD TOOLS
         • THE ROMAN PLOUGH
   • CRAFTS
     • GUILDS
       • CONTROLLED PRICES, WORKS, WAGES...
   • TRADE
     • DOMESTIC
       • VERY LITTLE
         • ROADS
         • DANGEROUS
         • TAXES
           • ON BRIDGES, ROADS, CITY WALLS
     • FOREIGN
       • SEA ROUTES
         • AMERICA
         • ASIA
       • COLONIES
         • SPANISH AND PORTUGESE COLONIES
     • MERCANTILSM
       • POSSESS PRECIOUS METALS
         • PROTECTIONISM
           • HIGH TAXES TO FOREIGN PRODUCTS

4. SOCIETY

   • THE ESTATES OF THE REALM
     • PRIVILEGED
       • NOBILITY
       • CLERGY
       • DIDN'T PAY TAXES, TITHES, OWN JUSTICE
     • UNPRIVILEGED
       • THIRD ESTATE
         • BOURGEOISIE
           • BANKERS, MERCHANTS, CRAFTSMEN, OWNERS
         • WORKERS
         • PEASANTS
       • PAY TAXES

5. SCIENCES

   • RATIONALISM
     • DESCARTES
   • EMPIRISM
     • LOCKE
     • HUME
   • SCIENTIFIC METHOD
     • OBSERVATION
     • HYPOTHESIS
     • THESIS