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