The French Revolution
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The process of centralization from the 16 century strengthened absolutism in France and by the early 18 century the French monarchy under Louis XIV became the model of centralized absolutism based on feudal social structures. Since the 17 century, tensions were mounting between centralizing and decentralizing pressures. The French Revolution brought about a complete destruction of the feudal order and its state apparatus. The National Assembly and later Napoleon worked very hard and systematically to recast the old kingdom into a modem nationstate. Attempts were made to transform institutionsLegislation, administration, justice, bureaucracy, education, finances and even religion. The new structure had a popular base and thus had a lasting influence not only on France but countries elsewhere.
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