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Absolutism
Timeline
Important Concepts
Absolute Rulers
The Reaction Against Absolutism
England
Outline
Timeline of Absolutism
1500 1550 1575 1625 1650 1675 17001525 1600
Ferdinand and Isabella
of Spain
Charles (Spain)
Philip II (Spain)
Peter the Great
(Russia)
Akbar the Great (India)
Louis XIV (France)
First thing’s first: What is a monarchy?
A type of government
Where the ruler inherits power through the family line
Divine RightBelief that kings
were allowed to rule by God
What was this idea called in China?
Mandate of Heaven!
Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, 1679
“Behold an immense people united in a single person; behold this holy power, paternal and absolute…
you see the image of God in the king, and you have the idea of royal majesty.
• Kings, exercise your power then boldly, for it is divine and salutary for human kind...”
AbsolutismWhen monarchs
ruled with total power (aka centralized power)
What can an absolute king do?
ABSOLUTELY ANTHING!!!
Can an absolute monarch…
Enforce a national
dress code?
Start my own religion
and force everyone to
follow it?
Imprison and kill my
enemies without trials?
Spend all of my citizens money on parties?
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote The Leviathan
Life without government is “nasty, brutish, and short”
And “A war of every man against every other man”
Said people need a strong ruler to control them
Absolute Ruler
Where Major Contribution
Results of Contribution
Ferdinand and Isabella
Spain
Sponsored voyages of Columbus
Brought land & wealth to Spain, made them powerful
Absolute Ruler
Where Major Contribution
Results of Contribution
Charles V Spai
nFought off the Ottoman Empire
Kept Europe safe from the Ottomans (Muslims)
Absolute Ruler
Where Major Contribution
Results of Contribution
Philip II Spain
Spent Spain’s wealth defending the Catholic Church
Spain lost its power and became weaker
Absolute Ruler
Where Major Contribution
Results of Contribution
Akbar the Great
India Organized the Empire of India
Made India a power in Southern Asia
Absolute Ruler
Where Major Contribution
Results of Contribution
Louis XIV Franc
e
Built the Palace of Versailles and fought many wars
High taxes made poor people even poorer and angry
Absolute Ruler
Where Major Contribution
Results of Contribution
Peter the Great
Russia
Introduced Western culture to Russia
Modernized the culture of Russia (westernization)
Step 1: Magna CartaWhat happened:
(1215) Magna Carta written – signed by King John I of England & LIMITED POWER OF ENGLISH KINGS
Everybody must be Anglican insteadof Roman Catholic
That is not fair!
Step 2: The English Civil War
I answer only to God!Divine Right!
You answer to the people!It’s in the Magna Carta!
Step 2: The English Civil War
This is WAR!
What happened: King Charles I, claimed divine right and abolished Parliament
I refuse to listen to Parliament!
English Civil WarWho won?
Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell and…
Result: The monarchy was replaced by a “commonwealth” (a republic)
Led by Cromwell
Step 4: The Glorious Revolution
What happened:
Charles II’s son James was too absolute
What happened:
Glorious Revolution of 1688Called “Glorious” because there was hardly any
bloodshed
James II abdicated the throne (fled)
And two rulers were invited to take over, but first…
Result: William and Mary agreed to sign the English Bill of Rights and share power with the Parliament
TodayEngland has a “Limited
Constitutional Monarchy”
Parliament has the real power (not the king/queen)