Relier Pairs Early Modern FranceVersion en ligne To test knowledge of events, figures, and trends in France from the late 15th century to the late 18th century par Elise Masciantonio 1 Important historian on early modern French society and culture 2 House of Valois 3 provided the basic framework for rural economic and social organization throughout the Sun King's reign 4 5 French Protestants inspired by writings of Jean Calvin who faced periods of religious persecution 6 The old political system that lasted from the late 15th century until the Revolution 7 guildspeople 8 Influential group of French social historians 9 Lengthy series of conflicts between England and France that, coupled with the effects of the Black Death, decimated the French population 10 Apart from domestic work, a major opportunity for education and leadership that was available to women 11 Powerful queen of France who provided patronage to the arts and the alleged seer Nostradamus 12 Provided theoretical basis for absolutist states in his writings, along with a theological basis for demonic witchcraft 13 Moved the royal residence from Paris to Versailles 14 Occitan 15 16 most important aspect of French agriculture 17 Last king of L'Ancien Régime 18 19 The first major French explorer of the New World sent by Francis I in 1534 Group of languages spoken in the southern regions of France Louis XIV seigneuries Hundred Years' War Jean Bodin convents Ancien Régime Natalie Zemon Davis group that held growing political and economic power in villages and towns apart from the agricultural economy region annexed by France in the 17th century Louis XVI Annales School Jacques Cartier grain Catherine de' Medici Fundamental document of the French Revolution Huguenots Île-de-France region The royal dynasty that succeeded the Capetians and preceded the Bourbons