The ancien rĆ©gime (/ ĖÉĢsjƦĢ reÉŖĖŹiĖm /; French: [ÉĢsjÉĢ ŹeŹim] ā; lit. ‘old rule’) was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France that the French Revolution overturned [1] through its abolition in 1790 of the feudal system of the French nobility [2] and in 1792 through its execution of King Louis XVI and declaration of a republic. [3] “Ancien rĆ©gime” is now a …
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