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I've started reading The Old Regime and the French Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville and am finding it really excellent. Well, the first 3 chapters at least. Maybe I'll post some chunks here. For now, some links to possibly interesting ancien regime & XVIIIe siecle sites:

1. Nobility & Titles in France from heraldica.org: http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/noblesse.htm
   
2. Very basic and slightly bizarre recap of French nobility: http://www.baronage.co.uk/2001/french-1.html
   
3. article on "Power and Politics in Old Regime France & The Ancien Regime" from History Today: link
   
4. Dr. Lovett's easy bullet points of French history: http://www.esuhistoryprof.com/france_and_the_old_regime.htm
   
5. "Early Modern Europe" lecture notes, Nipissing Univ: http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/2155/revcause.htm
   
6. analysis of "Dangerous Liaisons" film, with links: http://users.ju.edu/jclarke/hy150dangerous.htm
   
7. e-text for "The Ancient Regime," by Hippolyte A. Taine: http://www.arthurwendover.com/arthurs/history/01ocf10.html
   
8. Brief summary called "Crisis of the Monarchy: http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/REV/CRISIS.HTM
   
9. Links to 18th century French writings, in French: http://globegate.utm.edu/french/lit/century.18.html
   
10. Late 17th century history from the Salacious Historian: http://www.kipar.org/historical-resources/history.html
    
11. Hyperhistory timeline: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html