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France in the early modern period

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 8, 2026
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During the early modern period, from the Renaissance to the Revolution (1789–1804), the Kingdom of France was a monarchy ruled by the House of Bourbon. This corresponds to the so-called Ancien Régime. The territory of France during this period increased until it included essentially the extent of the modern country, and it also included the territories of the first French colonial empire overseas.

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This entry incorporates text from “France in the early modern period” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.