![]() The end of the Old Regime and its aftermath, from 1789–1804, is a turbulent time in France's history that is punctuated by the events of the Revolution, the establishment and fall of the Republic, and birth of the First Empire. ![]() ![]() The Old Regime saw France complete its recovery from the religious civil wars and instability of the sixteenth century, and rise to a position of political and cultural dominance in Europe by the eighteenth century. This period in French history from 1594 to 1804 is dominated by the rise and fall of the Bourbon dynasty, and is better known by the name the Revolution gave it: l'ancien regime or the Old Regime. Course description: This course covers the history of France from the reign of Henri IV to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, or the period that begins with the Wars of Religion and ends with the emergence of the First Empire. ![]()
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