who claimed to rule by divine right. Sovereignty In the 17th century‚ having sovereign power consisted of the authority to: Why Absolutism? A response to the crises of the 16th & 17th centuries A search for order— As revolts‚ wars‚ and rebellions died down‚ the privileged classes of society remained in control of political systems. The Theory of Absolutism : “Six Books of the Commonwealth” Absolute supremacy
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which made it impossible for Huguenots to live openly in France. As a result‚ many left and their loss gave a severe hit to the economy. Louis XIV fought the war of the Spanish Succession to prevent a French king from succeeding a Spanish throne. The war was long and costly so they signed the treaty: the Peace of Utrecht. He left enormous war debts behind for his son‚ Louis XV. LOUIS XV Louis XV did not have the talent of his father but he was still an absolute monarch. During his reign chance was
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institute absolutism. The first reason why absolutism seemed to be a desirable government form was the necessity of centralized power. War was a constant threat to a nation and it’s people. In a country divided into kingdoms and realms ruled by individual nobles and dukes‚ mobilization for war was a difficult and lengthy task. To better prepare a state for war a country needed a single ruler with the absolute power. Another cause was the need for efficiently
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backed by force only when necessary can be understood specifically through his dealings with the increasingly powerful Spanish-Austrian Habsburg family and furthermore‚ can be paralleled to Machiavelli’s ideas on international diplomacy during times of war.# Prior to Richelieu’s ascent to power‚ France was engaged
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torture. If found guilty of witchcraft‚ witches would be either hung or burned at the stake. Thirty Years War Gustavus Adolphus- He was responsible for transforming Sweden into a great Baltic power. He brought disciplined and well-equipped Swedish to northern Germany. Adolphus also was a devoted Lutheran who felt he needed to aid his coreligionists in Germany. Peace of Westphalia- It ended the war in Germany and ensured that all the German states were free to determine their own religion (1648)
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Charles V 23. reasons for Charles V’s failure to build a centralized‚ sovereign state in the Holy Roman Empire? 24. The Spanish Inquisition 25. states developed constitutional governments in the seventeenth century 26. The English Civil War 27. The bloodless change of power in 1688–1689 that ensured representative‚ constitutional government in England was known as 28. absolutism 29. “l’état‚ c’est moi” 30. policies pursued by Louis XIV? 31. Versailles 32. Peter the
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Who was Martin Luther & what did he believe about the Roman Catholic church? What did he publish? What did this lead to? What denomination resulted? How did this religious rebellion affect Europe’s government? Describe Europe’s economical and intellectual transformation. Describe the regions in which missionaries spread Christianity. With what did the church of Rome provide western Europe? Describe religion during the 16th & 17th centuries? What did religious controversies lead to? Why did people
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During the 16th Century‚ Europe and the Holy Roman Empire was experiencing a grand accumulation of uprisings. Along with the Protestant Reformation (1517) and the Dutch Revolt (1568-1609)‚ the Germanic states and the Holy Roman Empire were home to one of the most significant peasant revolts in European history‚ the revolt of 1524. Causes of the revolt include the unfair treatment of serfs by nobles and the evolution of Lutheranism and protestant reform in peasant culture. The nobles were under the
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Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans The Hundred Years War was a conflict between France and England from 1337 to 1453 and it began because of two distinct reasons; first‚ Edward III‚ an English king‚ believed he should be crowned king of France since he was a close relative of the former king‚ Charles IV. However‚ Philip VI gained the throne. Secondly‚ multiple kings of both France and England believed they should control Guyenne‚ a part of French territory under English rule‚ because of the power
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Religion was a major factor in the centralization of territories into modern nation states. Religion was crucial in the development of the modern nation state because of it’s ability to be a unifying characteristic. Religion also created common enemies which allowed groups with different religious views separate into individual states that be far more likely to have a more centralized government or monarch. While religion acted as a catalyst in the development of the modern nation state‚ religion
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