Absolute Monarchy
Absolute monarchs believed in this idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on Earth.
Divine Right
In a show of power and to control the nobles of France. This ruler moved all important nobles to his Palace of Versailles outside of Paris to keep an eye on them.
King Louis XIV
Louis XIV moved his court and home to this new location.
Palace of Versailles
Peter the Great introduced this vegetable to Russia.
Potato
This document put limitations on the king of England all the way back in 1215.
The Magna Carta
This term is the political doctrine and practice of unlimited centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested mainly in a monarch or dictator.
Absolutism
Give an example of an act of absolutism in general.
- Spend excessive amount of money
- Exercise absolute power over a country and its people
- Raising taxes and forcing
This is King Louis XIV's nickname.
The Sun King
This Russian ruler had both a good period of reform and improvement and a bad period of violence and cruelty.
Ivan the Terrible
This absolute monarch is famous for having six wives throughout his life. There is a rhyme that goes "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived" to remember the fate of each wife.
Henry VIII of England
As a result of the Church losing influence over society, monarchs exerted control of religion of their countries. What is the period of time in which trust in the Church declined?
The Protestant Reformation
Peter the Great attempted to modernize Russia through reforms which were called __________.
Westernization
These two individuals advised Louis XVI until he was old enough to rule.
Mother (Queen Anne of Austria)
Cardinal Mazarin
This is the term for Russia's landowning nobles.
Boyars
Did England resist absolute monarchy?
Yes or No
Yes, England fought several attempts at absolute monarchs resulting in the Glorious Revolution.
This well-loved Austrian monarch who improved the lives of her subjects was considered an enlightened despot.
Maria Theresa of Austria
What are the 5 characteristics of an absolute monarch (what do they aim to control)?
Politics
Society
Economics
Culture
Religion
Famous for his abuse of power as an absolute monarch, King Louis XIV famously said this about his power.
"I am the state."
He was one of Russia's greatest reformers in an attempt to 'Westernize' Russia.
Peter the Great
This is the term for a monarch in Russia started by Ivan the Terrible.
Czar
As England refused the rule of absolute monarchs, this bill outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and ultimately gave Parliament power over the monarchy.
English Bill of Rights
Henry VIII of England created his own church when the Pope refused to grant him a divorce. What is the name of this new faith/church?
Anglican
or
The Church of England
This is the 87 year-old decree that Louis XIV revoked in an effort to control religion
Edict of Nantes
This is Peter the Great's long, one-year trip to Europe with hopes of westernizing Russia.
A system of governing in which the ruler’s power is limited by Law.
Constitutional Monarchy