![]() ![]() ![]() Tradition, hierarchy, corporate feeling, and privilege were dominant social feelings. ![]() People saw themselves as members of groups, not individuals. Became applied to all of pre-revolutionary Europe Rule of absolute monarchies with growing bureaucracies (excluding Great Britain) Scarcity of food, predominance of agriculture, slow transport, competitive oversea empires. Bourgeoisie educated, middle class of France provided force behind the Revolution corvée obligatory work for peasants demanded by nobles for several days a year Lettre de cachet gov't could imprison anyone without charges or trial ancien regime (Old Regime) Term used following the French Revolution to describe the social, political, and economic powers that existed in France before 1789. ![]()
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