Absolutism. Definitions ► Absolutism-Term applied to strong centralized monarchies that tried to make royal power dominant over nobles and other regional.
France’s Absolute Monarchy CH 16 section 2. Religious Wars in France In the early 1500’s French Kings were Roman Catholic (supported by absolutists) In.
THE AGE OF ABSOLUTISM. FRENCH WARS OF RELIGION PLAYERS –French Catholics: about 93% of the French population (including the king) –Huguenots: about 7%
French Absolutism. Development of French Absolutism – 17 th century French society divided into 3 estates made up of various classes: - First Estate:
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WARS OF RELIGION: 1560-1648 I.Change in the nature of war. * The Catholic Crusade A.Treaty of Cateau-Cambrèsis (1559) -- Ended Hapsburg-Valois Wars B.
NEXT French King Louis XIV with plans for Versailles. Absolute Monarchs in Europe, 1500–1800 Several countries in Europe come under the control of absolute.
WARS OF RELIGION: 1560-1648
Counter-Reformation reform movement in the Catholic Church in response to the Reformation of the Protestant Church Catholic devoted to one head and one.
The Reign of Louis XIV 21-2. The French Wars of Religion France in 1560 experienced militant religious civil wars Catholicism versus Protestantism – Catholics.
Absolute Monarchs. absolute monarchs – kings or queens who believed that all their power within their state’s boundaries rested in their hands divine.
