During the early modern period, from the Renaissance (c. 1500–1550) to the Revolution (1789–1804), the Kingdom of France was a monarchy ruled by the House of Bourbon (a Capetian cadet branch). …

Jan 1, 2026 · In contrast to the France of Louis XIV’s grand siècle (“great century”), beset by economic stagnation and periodic food shortages, 18th-century France enjoyed a climate of growing prosperity, …

18th century France refers to the period leading up to the French Revolution, characterized by a time of significant political, social, and economic change.

Together with the repository’s extensive holdings in Enlightenment figures such as Rousseau and Montesquieu, these collections provide a comprehensive view of French political and social history …

This focus is intended to help the visitor discover the many facets of that 18th century Paris lifestyle.

It was no longer the largest city in Europe; London passed it in population in about 1700, but it was by far the largest city in France, and throughout the 18th century grew at a rapid rate, largely by an …

Nov 9, 2009 · The French Revolution was a watershed event in world history that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Ancien Régime, the French term rendered in English as "Old Rule", "Old Kingdom", or simply "Old Regime", refers primarily to the aristocratic, social and political system established in France from …

Although only one hundred and fifty years—a brief period in the history of human-ity—separate us from the era which we propose to study, it seems at first glance that the France of today bears very little …

In contrast to the France of Louis XIV’s grand siècle (“great century”), beset by economic stagnation and periodic food shortages, 18th-century France enjoyed a climate of growing prosperity, fueled in part …