EuroLex/F/Ancien Régime

Ancien Régime - 2. The political and social system that existed in France before the Revolution of 1789
 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: ancien régime - 1. former form of government, old rule

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The term Ancien Régime was established in the humanities through Alexis de Tocqueville’s essay L'ancien régime et la Révolution (1856). Tocqueville was a French publicist and politician.

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