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French Kingdom - Early Bourbon

1589 CE 1660 CE

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EQ 2020 fr_bourbon_k_1 / FrBurbE

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1450 CE 1589 CE French Kingdom - Late Valois (fr_valois_k_2) [continuity]

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1660 CE 1815 CE French Kingdom - Late Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_2) [continuity]

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General Description

The House of Bourbon (The Ancien Regime) ruled France from the death of the childless Late Valois king Henry III in 1589 CE to the re-convening of the Estates General during the French Revolution. The Early Bourbon period covers the Kingdom of France from the inheritance of the monarchy by Henry VI to the rise of Louis XIV in 1661 CE. Henry VI inherited the crown amidst the Wars of Religion between the Roman Catholics and the Reformed Protestants, and is celebrated for his tolerance because of his the Edict of Nantes, which granted some rights to Protestants. ^[1] The reign of Henry VI restored the French monarchy to full power, and his superintendent of finance Sully was able to double state revenues. ^[1] The French army was modernized by King Louis XIII’s cardinal minister Richelieu. The Fronde, a series of revolts in the 1640s against cardinal minister Mazarin, led the crown to consolidate its power even further. ^[2] This paved the way for the absolute rule of King Louis XIV in the Late Bourbon period.
In 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded Québec, and the surrounding territory was claimed as New France. France obtained land from Spain in the south and German land from the Holy Roman Empire in the north in treaties from the Thirty Years’ War in 1648 CE and 1659 CE. ^[1] Because of these new claims, the territory of the French Kingdom covered 931,000 in 1600 CE and 2.6 million square meters by 1650 CE. ^[3]
Population and political organization
Important institutional and military reforms were instituted in this period. King Henry IV instituted a tax on holders of government and judicial offices which gave the owners of the office the right to transfer their position. The expansion and modernization of the French army under Richelieu led to the large-scale expansion of the French bureaucracy. ^[4]
The population within the boundaries of present day France is estimated at 18.5 million in 1600 CE, and 21 million in 1650 CE. ^[5]

[1]: (Haine 2000, 50) Haine, W. Scott. 2000. The History of France. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/9RS462P7

[2]: (Haine 2000, 55) Haine, W. Scott. 2000. The History of France. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/9RS462P7

[3]: (Chase-Dunn Spreadsheet)

[4]: (Haine 2000, 50-51) Haine, W. Scott. 2000. The History of France. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/9RS462P7

[5]: (McEvedy and Jones 1978, 56. McEvedy C, Jones, R (1979) Atlas of World Population History, Allen Lane, London. https://www.zotero.org/groups/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/6U4QZXCG/).

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

1 Capital

2 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Peak Years

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Suprapolity Relations

1 Succeeding Entity

1 Relationship to preceding Entity

2 Polity Succession

1 Degree of Centralization

Language

1 Linguistic Family

1 Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

4 Population of the Largest Settlement

2 Polity Territory

2 Polity Population

Hierarchical Complexity

1 Settlement Hierarchy

1 Religious Level

1 Military Level

1 Administrative Level

Professions

1 Professional Soldier

1 Professional Priesthood

2 Professional Military Officer

Bureaucracy Characteristics

1 Specialized Government Building

1 Merit Promotion

1 Full Time Bureaucrat

1 Examination System

Law

1 Professional Lawyer

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Irrigation System

1 Food Storage Site

1 Drinking Water Supply System

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

1 Port

1 Canal

1 Bridge

Special-purpose Sites

1 Mines or Quarry

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

1 Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

1 Nonwritten Record

1 Non Phonetic Writing

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Scientific Literature

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Practical Literature

1 Philosophy

1 Lists Tables and Classification

1 History

1 Fiction

1 Calendar

Information / Money

1 Precious Metal

1 Paper Currency

1 Indigenous Coin

1 Article

Information / Postal System

1 Postal Station

1 General Postal Service

1 Courier

Information / Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

1 Wooden Palisade

1 Stone Walls Non Mortared

1 Stone Walls Mortared

1 Settlements in a Defensive Position

1 Modern Fortification

1 Moat

1 Fortified Camp

1 Earth Rampart

1 Ditch

1 Complex Fortification

1 Long Wall

Military use of Metals

1 Steel

1 Iron

1 Copper

1 Bronze

Projectiles

2 Tension Siege Engine

1 Sling Siege Engine

1 Sling

1 Self Bow

1 Javelin

1 Handheld Firearm

1 Gunpowder Siege Artillery

1 Crossbow

1 Composite Bow

1 Atlatl

Handheld weapons

1 War Club

1 Sword

1 Spear

1 Polearm

1 Dagger

1 Battle Axe

Animals used in warfare

1 Horse

1 Elephant

1 Donkey

1 Dog

1 Camel

Armor

1 Wood Bark Etc

1 Shield

1 Scaled Armor

1 Plate Armor

1 Limb Protection

1 Leather Cloth

1 Laminar Armor

1 Helmet

1 Chainmail

1 Breastplate

Naval technology

1 Specialized Military Vessel

1 Small Vessels Canoes Etc

1 Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases

1 Crisis Consequence

Power Transitions

2 Power Transition

Instability Events

31 Instability Event

NGA Settlements:

Year Range	French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1) was in:
(1589 CE 1659 CE)	Paris Basin

Home NGA: Paris Basin

General Variables

Identity and Location French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	31 U	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Original Name	French Kingdom - Early Bourbon	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Capital	Paris	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Alternative Name	The Ancien Regime	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Alternative Name	Kingdom of France	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Temporal Bounds French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Peak Years	1611 CE
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Duration	[1589 CE ➜ 1660 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Suprapolity Relations	none	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Succeeding Entity	French Kingdom - Late Bourbon	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Relationship to Preceding Entity	continuity	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Preceding Entity 1450 CE 1589 CE	French Kingdom - Late Valois (fr_valois_k_2) [continuity]
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Succeeding Entity 1660 CE 1815 CE	French Kingdom - Late Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_2) [continuity]
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Degree of Centralization	unitary state	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Language French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Indo-European	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Language	French	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Religion French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Population of the Largest Settlement	200,000 people	1590 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	245,000 people	1600 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	430,000 people	1637 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	455,000 people	1650 CE
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Polity Territory	931,000 km²	1600 CE
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Polity Territory	2,600,000 km²	1650 CE
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Polity Population	18,500,000 people	1600 CE
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Polity Population	21,000,000 people	1650 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	6	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Religious Level	7	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Military Level	[10 to 12]	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Administrative Level	6	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Professions French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Professional Priesthood	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Professional Military Officer	Present Uncertain	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Professional Military Officer	Absent Uncertain	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Government Building	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Merit Promotion	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Full Time Bureaucrat	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Examination System	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Law French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Lawyer	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Judge	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Formal Legal Code	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Court	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Irrigation System	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Food Storage Site	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Drinking Water Supply System	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Transport Infrastructure French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Port	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Canal	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Bridge	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Special-purpose Sites French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Mines or Quarry	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Information / Writing System French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Script	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Nonwritten Record	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing	Absent	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Scientific Literature	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Sacred Text	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Religious Literature	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Practical Literature	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Philosophy	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Lists Tables and Classification	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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History	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Fiction	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Calendar	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Information / Money French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Precious Metal	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Paper Currency	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Indigenous Coin	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Article	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Information / Postal System French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Postal Station	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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General Postal Service	Absent	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Courier	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Information / Measurement System French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wooden Palisade	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Stone Walls Mortared	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Modern Fortification	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moat	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Fortified Camp	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Earth Rampart	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Ditch	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Complex Fortification	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Long Wall	absent	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Military use of Metals French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Steel	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Iron	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Copper	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Bronze	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Projectiles French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Tension Siege Engine	Present Uncertain	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Tension Siege Engine	Absent Uncertain	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Sling Siege Engine	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Sling	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Self Bow	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Javelin	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Handheld Firearm	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Crossbow	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Composite Bow	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Atlatl	Absent	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Handheld weapons French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
War Club	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Sword	Present Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Spear	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Polearm	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Dagger	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Battle Axe	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Animals used in warfare French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Horse	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Elephant	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Donkey	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Dog	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Camel	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Armor French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wood Bark Etc	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Shield	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Scaled Armor	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Plate Armor	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Limb Protection	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Leather Cloth	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Laminar Armor	Absent Inferred	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Helmet	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Chainmail	Absent	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Breastplate	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Naval technology French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Military Vessel	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Small Vessels Canoes Etc	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service	Unknown Suspected	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	1589 CE 1660 CE
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Human Sacrifice French Kingdom - Early Bourbon (fr_bourbon_k_1)

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