Absolutist Rulers
The French monarch most associated with absolutism who built a palace a Versailles.
Who is Louis XIV?
Not just standing around all day, this idea was first introduced by the Ottoman Empire and meant the establishment of a permanent fighting force.
What is a standing army?
The origin of all earthly power
What is god?
The reason Versailles was originally built by Louis XIV
What is a discreet affair?
This sultan was the first ruler of the Ottoman Empire.
Who is Osman I?
The leader of the Holy Roman Empire who controlled territory in the Americas, Spain, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.
Who is Charles V?
This concept was used to justify the rule of absolutist rulers.
What is the "Divine Right of Kings?"
Divine Right was often used to assert the religious authority of king in the place of this leader of the catholic church.
Who is the pope?
These were given out to nobles in order to make other nobles jealous and bring Louis' enemies closer than his friends.
What is an apartment at Versailles?
This city was the jewel in the crown of the Ottoman Empire, connecting the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea.
What is Constantinople?
The British King responsible for creating the church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
The concept that political power should be concentrated in one location.
What is centralism?
Henry VII used the concept of Divine Right to obtain this legal procedure which was previously denied by the pope.
What is divorce or annulment?
Select nobles were chosen to hold a candle stick at these daily rituals.
What is a coucher?
These child soldiers were trained as an elite fighting force in the Ottoman Empire.
Who are the Janissaries?
This monarch controlled his nobles by creating jealousy and encouraging rumors at his court.
Who is Louis XIV?
A system of government in which decisions made by the ruler are carried out by directly appointed officials. This was a means of taking power away from the nobles in the age of absolutism.
What is bureaucracy?
This classical period Chinese theory is similar to the Divine Right of Kings.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Louis relied on these busybodies to deliver up the family secrets of nobles living at Versailles.
What are spies?
This new technology was used to devastating effect by the Ottoman empire in their foreign conquests.
What is gunpowder or firearms?
This monarch was emperor during the German Peasants War of 1524-1525.
Who is Charles V?
Another word for absolutism, this type of government means rule by a single individual with a high degree of control and power.
What is despotism?
Some of the Kings aligned with this European religious movement made use of Divine Right to justify their break with the Catholic Church.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
The lavish parties and fashions of Versailles spread from the palace to the general population creating the conditions for this event according to the Duke de Saint Simon.
What is a "general overthrow" or the French Revolution?
This famous mosque was once an Orthodox church built by the Byzantines.
What is the Hagia Sophia?