The document describes the characteristics of the Old Regime in Europe during the 18th century, which included aristocratic elites with inherited legal privileges, established churches related to the state and aristocracy, an urban workforce organized into guilds, rural peasants subject to high taxes and feudal dues, tradition, hierarchy, corporate feeling, and privilege. The Old Regime was characterized by a stratified social order with the aristocracy in power.

1. The Old Regime

2. Characteristics of the Old Regime
Aristocratic
Elites with
Inherited Legal
Privileges

3. Characteristics of the Old Regime
Established Churches Related to
the State and Aristocracy

4. Characteristics of the Old Regime
Urban Work
Force Organized
into Guilds

5. Characteristics of the Old Regime
Rural Peasantry Subject to High
Taxes and Feudal Dues

6. Characteristics of the Old Regime
Tradition

7. Characteristics of the Old Regime
Hierarchy

8. Characteristics of the Old Regime
Corporate
Feeling

9. Characteristics of the Old Regime
Privilege

11. Characteristics of the Old Regime
In the 18th century, a resurgence of the aristocratic
classes all over Europe occurred. Why did this
movement happen, and what forms did it take?