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