Absolutism and constitutionalism

Ivan

Peter the Great

Frederick William I       http://www.xs4all.ch/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/ fredwil1/fredwil1_bio.htm

TOPICS

ABSOLUTISM

THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV

CONSTITUTIONALISM

SERFDOM IN EASTERN VS. SERFDOM IN WESTERN EUROPE

REFORMS OF PETER THE GREAT

DID PETER THE GREAT WESTERNIZE RUSSIA?

PEOPLE

Henry IV of France
Maximilien De Bethune, Duke of Sully
Louis XIII
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIV of France
Jules Mazarin
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jacques Marquette
Louis Joliet
Moliere
Francois Le Tellier, Marquis De Louvois
Miguel de Cervantes
James VI of Scotland, James I of England
Charles I of England
Thomas Hobbes
Newton
Milton
Oliver Cromwell
Charles II of England
William Penn
James II of England
John Locke
Jan Vermeer
Charles VI (Hapsburg)
Mikhail Romanov
Stenka Razin
Frederick William The Great Elector
Frederick William I, "The Soldiers' King"
Jenghiz Khan
Ivan I, "Ivan Moneybags"
Ivan IV, "Ivan the Terrible"
Anastasia
Peter the Great
Benedict Spinoza

VOCABULARY

Absolutism
Sovereign
Administrative Monarchy
L'etat, C'est Moi!
Totalitarianism
Paulette
French Academy
Generalites
Fronde
"The Grand Century"
Raison D'etat
Edict of Nantes
Mercantilism
French Classicism
League of Augsburg
War of the Spanish Succession
Servicios
Constitutionalism
Constitutional Republic
Constitutional Monarchy
Franchise
English Social Revolution late 16th early 17th c.
The English Civil War
"The Protectorate"
"ship money"
Navigation Act
"Cabal"
The Instrument of Government
The Glorious Revolution
Bill of Rights
English Cabinet System
Stadholder
Joint Stock Company
Dutch East India Company
Robot
Junkers
"Prussian Spirit"
Tsar(Czar)
Janissary Corps
Mongol Yoke
Service Nobility
Soul Tax
Third Rome
Cossacks
Salon
confraternities

OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS, PLACES, AND DATES

Versailles
Peace of Utrecht
Don Quixote
The Triennial Act
Leviathan
Test Act of 1763
Second Treatise on Civil Government
St. Petersburg

ESSAY REVIEW

Compare and Contrast the reigns of Louis XIV and Peter the Great.

Analyze and discuss the economic, social, and political consequences of Louis XIV's absolutism in France.

Analyze and discuss the extent to which the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution contributed to the rise of constitutionalism in England.

Analyze and discuss the concept of divine right of kings.  Use specific examples to support your answer.

Contrast absolutism and constitutionalism as they appeared in England and in France.

Analyze and discuss the extent to which religion played a role in the peace, or lack thereof, in Europe between 1600 and 1700.  Use specific examples to support your answer.