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    The Age of

    Absolutism

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    House ofHabsburg Emperor of the Romans

    Emperor of Austria

    King of Spain

    King of Hungary

    King of Bohemia King of Portugal

    King of Castile

    King of Aragon

    King of Croatia

    King of Dalmatia

    King of Galicia and Lodomeria Archduke of Austria

    Emperor of Mexico

    King of Italy

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    Charles Vs full title Charles, by the grace of God, Holy Roman Emperor, forever

    August, King of Germany, King of Italy, King of all Spains, ofCastile, Aragon, Len, Navarra, Grenada, Toledo, Valencia,Galicia, Majorca, Sevilla, Cordova, Murcia, Jaen, Algarves,

    Algeciras, Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, King of Two Sicilies, ofSardinia, Corsica, King of Jerusalem, King of the Western and

    Eastern Indies, Lord of the Islands and Main Ocean Sea,Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Lorraine,Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Limburg, Luxembourg, Gelderland,

    Athens, Neopatria, Wrttemberg, Landgrave of Alsace, Princeof Swabia, Asturia and Catalonia, Count of Flanders,

    Habsburg, Tyrol, Gorizia, Barcelona, Artois, BurgundyPalatine, Hainaut, Holland, Seeland, Ferrette, Kyburg, Namur,Roussillon, Cerdagne, Zutphen, Margrave of the Holy RomanEmpire, Burgau, Oristano and Gociano, Lord of Frisia, theWendish March, Pordenone, Biscay, Molin, Salins, Tripoli and

    Mechelen.

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    Habsburg Empireas Charles Vabdicated

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    Oh, yeahiaddtheHoly Roman

    Empiretotheearlierslide!

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    Phillip IIsempire (son of

    Charles V): \Theempire on

    whichthesunneversets.[

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    1919 British Empire

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    Phillip II

    Absolute monarch

    Claimed he ruled by

    divine rightwho else

    have we seen who

    claimed divine right of

    rule?

    Devout Catholic who

    used the Inquisition to

    attack Protestants

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    El Escorial

    Phillip IIs palace, monastery,school, and mausoleum

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    Phillip II

    The Philippines named

    after him

    Fought the Ottoman

    Empire

    Badly beaten but then

    able to destroy the

    Ottoman navy

    Attacked England

    Spanish Armada

    130 ships

    20,000 men

    2,400 pieces of artillery

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    Diminishment of Spanish power

    Expensive overseas wars

    Treasures from the Americas lead to neglect offarming and commerce

    Small middle class was heavily taxed

    Expulsion of Jews and Muslims deprivedeconomy of skilled artisans and merchants

    Soaring inflation because of gold and silverfrom Americas

    Powerful Spanish fleet overtaken in power by

    Dutch, English, and French

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    El Greco

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    Miguelde CervantesDon Quixote Europes first modern novel