Absolute Monarchs Support Art
This painting by Diego Velázquez depicts the Spanish royal family and is considered one of the greatest works of Western art.
What is Las Meninas? / What is The Maids of Honor?
Religious conflict between these two Christian groups was a major cause of the Thirty Years' War.
Who are Protestants and Catholics?
King Luis XIV was often referred to by his subjects as ______.
What is the Sun King?
Russian peasants in this social class were tied to the land and could be bought and sold by landowners.
What is serfs?
This absolute ruler of Russia created the system of oprichnina which meant harsh persecution of all opponents together with their families and servants. This ruler's name is _________.
Who is Ivan the Great? / Who is Ivan the Terrible?
This artist painted The Night Watch, a famous Dutch group portrait.
Who is Rembrandt?
This Holy Roman Emperor's policies helped spark the Thirty Years' War.
Who is Ferdinand II?
This treaty allowed France to keep the Franche-Comté region after Louis XIV's wars.
What is the Treaty of Nijmegen?
Peter the Great's efforts to make Russians wear Western clothing, to send Russians abroad for training, to invite Western specialists to Russia mark a policy called ________.
What is westernization?
3 historical developments that helped create absolute monarchies are: the growth of urban areas, the wealth from overseas exploration, and the end of the social system of ______________
The end of the system of feudalism?
This Dutch artist became famous for indoor scenes portraying everyday life of the middle class.
Who is Jan Vermeer?
Charles VI of Austria had to use diplomacy and make other rulers agree to accept his successor. He was succeeded by ____
What is his eldest daughter Maria Theresa?
This alliance formed to oppose the growing military power of France.
What is the League of Augsburg?
In 1721, Peter abolished the independent leadership position of the Russian Orthodox Church known as the ________.
What is Patriarch?
This military and political leader governed England during the Commonwealth period.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This artist painted emotional religious scenes and dramatic spiritual subjects. His innovative method used clashing colors and distorted bodies.
Who is El Greco?
One major effect of the Thirty Years' War was the beginning of this modern political system.
What is the age of nation-states?
This treaty prevented France and Spain from uniting under a single Bourbon monarch.
What is the Treaty of Utrecht?
Peter the Great sought the access to warm water ports. After victories in the war with Sweden he founded one such port on the Baltic shore which is called ______.
What is Saint Petersburg?
The Hohenzollern dynasty ruled in this European country that no longer exists _______.
What is Prussia?
The paintings of Rembrandt and Vermeer reflected this growing social class in Dutch society.
What is middle class? / What is merchants and officials?
Maria Theresa's lifelong enemy was the ruler of the neighboring country. Who?
What is Frederick II? / What is Frederick the Great?
King Louis XIV damaged the French economy by revoking this edict and causing many Huguenots to leave France.
What is Edict of Nantes?
Peter the Great moved the capital of the empire from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The reason for it was ________.
Which is mistrust of hereditary aristocracy? / Which is hatred for boyars?
Frederick the Great's invasion of this iron-rich region began the War of the Austrian Succession.
What is Silesia?