Euro Civ 12/01/04
Julius
| 17th Century Divide : ABSOLUTISM & CONSTITUTIONALISM |
The Rise of Absolutism in France
The Issues:
Henry IV 1589-1610
Edict of Nantes
Bureaucracy |
Louis XIII 1610-1643 & Richelieu (1621-42)
Intendants
LaRochelle
30 Years War |
Louis XIV 1643-1715 & Mazarin (1642-1661)
Fronde Revolt 1648-53
“L’etat c’est moi”
Nobles of the Robe
Bossuet & Divine Right
Versailles
& Colbert (1662-1683) |
Mercantilism
Gallicanism
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685)
Wars of Expansion
War of Spanish Succession 1701-1714
Peace of Utrecht |
The Fall of Absolutism in England
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) Tudor & Default Absolutist
James I (1603-1625) Stuart & Faulty Absolutist
Charles I (1625-1649) Stuart & Absolutist to a Fault
No Parliament
Scot Revolt & Budget Deficit
Short & Long Parliaments 1640 |
Civil War 1742-49
Interregnum 1649-1660
Cromwell & the Commonwealth
Cromwell & the Protectorate (Republican Absolutist?) |
Restoration 1660
Charles II 1660-1685 Stuart & Timid Absolutist
James II 1685-1688 Stuart & Terminal Absolutist
Policy Flaws
Succession Crisis |
Glorious Revolution 1688
William (1689-1714) & Mary (1689-1694)
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