Important People
French absolutist ruler
Louis XIV
30 years war; a war on religious differences
1618-1648
What is absolutionism?
gathered all power under their personal control.
Known for his Prussian military
Fredrick "Soldier King"
What is the difference between eastern and western absolutist foundations?
Serfdom - it ended in the west but was codified in the east. (the plague didn't go that way)
Advisor of Louis XIV; declared war on Spain during the 30 years war
Cardinal Richelieu
Peace of Augsburg; allowed princes to set religion in their provence
1555
What are junkers?
Prussian Nobility
Was the female Holy Roman Empress
Maria Theresa
what is the name of the revolution destroyed the idea of divine-right monarchy by dividing sovereignty between Parliament and the king, who ruled with the consent of the governed.
Glorious Revolution
Swedish King
King Gustavus Adolphus
How long did "Long parliament" sit for during Charles I reign
Hint: in the 1600's
1640-1660
What is the Edict of Nantes?
Granted Calvinists to practice religion in certain French towns.
Worked to unify the Prussian state
Fredrick "Great Elector"
What type of government has no monarch and power rests in the hands of the people through elected representatives
Republicanism
proclaimed a commonwealth, or republican government, known as the Protectorate (1653-1658), in which legislative power theoretically rested in the surviving members of Parliament and the executive power in a council of state.
Oliver Cromwell
When did the Glorious Revolution take place?
Redeeming point: Explain the glorious revolution
1688-1689
marked the effective end of the medieval ideal of universal Christendom, accelerated the decline of the Holy Roman Empire by granting princes, bishops, and other local leaders control over religion
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
Was the last Russian monarch
Nicholas II
what form of government was used by the Ottoman Turks?
no monarch and power rests in the hands of the people through elected representatives
Made a cabinet system where leading ministers support the majority of the house of commons
Robert Walpole
How long did the French Phase Last for?
1635-1648
This type of art was intensely emotional, exuberant, and focused on appealing to the senses and souls of ordinary churchgoers, while proclaiming the power of the RCC
What is the Baroque
Russian monarch who was the first to have Russia "mapped"
Catherine the Great
Who wrote "Second Treatise of Civil Government"?