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What are the three “nevers” of your life?
Response to Crisis:
Absolutism
Chapter 7 -3
Louis XIV reign regarded as the
best example of absolutism.
– Absolutism: System in which a ruler
holds absolute power.
French culture, language, and
manners reached into all levels of
European Society.
– Louis XIV court imitated all over
Europe.
Prior to the reign of Louis XIII and XIV the
French government was in the hands of royal
ministers.
Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Mazarin
Louis XIII’s chief minister.
– Strengthened the power of the monarchy.
Took away Huguenots political and military
rights.
Had all conspirators executed.
Cardinal Mazarin
Louis XIV came to throne at age 4.
– Due to his young age Cardinal Mazarin took
control of government.
– Nobles rebelled against Mazarin, but their
efforts were crushed.
Louis took power in 1661 at age 23.
– Became the sole ruler of France.
He fostered the myth of himself as
the Sun King:
– The source of light for his people.
Served three purposes:
1. It was the king’s household.
2. The location of the chief offices of the state.
3. A place where the powerful could find favors
and offices for themselves.
Louis XIV’s Government
Louis’ government were to obey his every
wish.
He ruled with absolute authority in the three
traditional areas of royal authority:
1. Foreign Policy
2. Church
3. Taxes
Louis had an anti-Huguenot policy
– All Huguenots were to convert to Catholicism.
– Huguenot churches and schools were closed.
– Over 200,000 thousand Protestants fled
France.
Jean-Baptiste
Colbert: controllergeneral of finances.
– Helped Louie with the
money he needed for
maintaining his court
and pursuing his wars.
Louie developed an army of 400,000
Goal: Take over the Bourban Dynasty
– Waged wars between 1667 and 1713,
causing other nations to form alliances with
him.
– Added some lands to France and set up a
member of his dynasty on Spain’s throne.
The Sun King died in
1715.
France was debt
ridden and
surrounded by
enemies.
On his deathbed
Louie was remorseful
for not caring for his
people more.
Absolutism in Central and
Eastern Europe
Prussia and Austria emerged in the 17th and 18th
centuries as great powers after the Thirty Years’ War.
Frederick William the Great Elector:
– Laid the basis for the Prussian state.
– He built a standing army of 40,000 men, the 4th largest army in Europe.
Frederick William’s son became King Frederick I in 1701.
Austrian Empire had formally been ruled by Holy
Roman Emperors.
Core of the country in present-day Czech Republic and
Hungary.
Austrian monarchy never a centralized, absolutist state.
– Made up of many national groups held together by the
Hapsburg emperor, who was archduke of Austria, king of
Bohemia, and King of Hungary.
– Each area had its own laws and political life.
Russia under Peter the Great
First Russian ruler to take the title of czar, (Russian for
Caeser)
Called Ivan the terrible for his ruthlessness, he expanded
Russia and crushed the power of Russian boyars (the
nobility).
Replaced by Michael Romanov in 1613.
– The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917.
Most prominent
member of Romanov
dynasty.
– Was an absolutist &
believed in the divine
right of kings.
Wanted to
Europeanize Russia.
Goal: Make Russia a
great power.
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Using your notes and textbook summarize
section Russia under Peter the Great
(page 227 -229).
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