absolute monarchs
declared his absolute power when he told his subjects "I AM THE STATE"
louis XIV
humanist scholars who knew latin everyday language of ordinary people
vernaculer
reopened theaters and taverns and restablished church of england
Charles II
English queen who married the catholic king of spain, phillip II and tried to restore england to catholicism
mary I
dutch priest humanist most important scholars of age wrote about many things like greek edition of the bible and spread renaissance with public
Erasmus
James II
English king who first broke with the catholic church
Henry VIII
english humanist wrote book about new people should live in peace and harmony
Sir thomas moore
ensured superiority of parlimant over the monarchy
english bill of rights
spanish king who sent the spanish armada to attack england
Phillip II
french humanist monk physician and greek scholar and deeply religous
Francois rabelais
a consitution or legislative body limits the monarch powers
Limited monarchy
Built a new russian capital city that was to be russias "widow to the west"
peter the great
english poet and playwright 37 plays
william shakespeare
government whos power limited by law
consitutional gov