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The "old regime" or "L'ancien régime" was the term for the pre-revolution government used after the French Revolution. Perhaps you are conflating the Renaissanc
by goto11 6y ago
The "old regime" or "L'ancien régime" was the term for the pre-revolution government used after the French Revolution. Perhaps you are conflating the Renaissance with the age of enlightenment/revolutions? They are different eras.
- narag 6y agoIt's intended. Enlightment is the logical culmination of the changes started in the Renaissance.
- goto11 6y agoThe Enlightenment is in many ways a counter-movement to the ideals of the Renaissance. For example the Renaissance was characterized by absolute monarchy like Louis XIV, while enlightenment and the revolution was countermovement to the autocrat ruler.
- narag 6y agoKings promoted cities as a tool to concentrate power and debilitate intermediate feudal lords. But that temporary alliance could not last, once the basic idea that the power comes from God was undermined and bourgeoisie raised. I wouldn't call that "a counter-movement" because it seems exactly the opposite: one idea that keeps pushing ahead until it's taken to its ultimate consequences. It would have been impossible to have a middle class revolution when there was no middle class. If there's a single factor that explains the changes between Quattrocento and Enlightenment is commerce. It was almost completely absent in the Middle Ages.