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Age of Absolutism

 

Discussion Questions:

  1. Briefly describe the climate of 17th century Europe.
  2. Identify and describe the characterist= ics of absolutism.
  3. Contrast absolutism with totalitariani= sm.
  4. Explain the role of Henry the Great an= d the duke of Sully in the economic recovery of France.
  5. Explain how Richelieu “set in pl= ace the cornerstones of absolutism in France.”
  6. Describe Louis XI= II’s policy on religious toleration.
  7. Identify the Fron= de.
  8. Explain the significance of the Fronde.
  9. Describe the relationship between Loui= s XIV and the nobility. Domestication or collaboration?
  10. Describe the role/significance of Colb= ert in the French economy.
  11. Differentiate between constitutionalis= m and democracy.
  12. Describe the reign of James I. Explain= how his personality effected this reign.
  13. Explain how the House of Commons diffe= red during the Stuart monarchy and the Tudor (Henry VIII) monarchy.
  14. Describe the Stuart stance on Protesta= ntism. Were James I and Charles I closet Catholics? Explain.
  15. Explain the reign of Charles I prior t= o the civil war.
  16. Explain how England fell into a civi= l war.
  17. Describe the military dictatorship experiment under Cromwell. Why did it ultimately fail?
  18. Describe the events which eventually l= ed to the Glorious Revolution.
  19. Evaluate whether or not a Glorious Rev= olution had occurred in 1660. Provide support for your stance.
  20. Judge whether or not anything actually changed during English civil war and the Glorious Revolution. Support = your answer.
  21. What were the reasons for the re-emerg= ence of serfdom in Eastern Europe in the= early modern period?
  22. In Western Euro= pe the conflict between the king and his vassals resulted in gains for the common man. Why did this not happen in Eastern = Europe?
  23. Why would the reign of the Great Elect= or be regarded as “the most crucial constitutional struggle in Prussian history for hundreds of years”? What did he do to increase royal authority? Who were the losers?
  24. Prussia has traditionally been considered one= of the most militaristic states in Europe. How do you explain this development? Who or what was responsible?=
  25. How did the Thirty Years’ War and invasion by the Ottoman Turks help the Habsburgs consolidate power?
  26. What was the Pragmatic Sanction and wh= y were the Hungarian and Bohemian princes opposed to it?
  27. What role, if any, did war play in the evolution of absolutism in Eastern Europe?
  28. What was the relationship between baro= que architecture and European absolutism? Give examples.=
  29. It has been said that the common man benefited from the magnificent medieval cathedrals as much as the prin= ces. Can the same be said about the common man and the building projects of= the absolute kings and princes? Explain.
  30. How did the Vikings influence Russian history?
  31. How did the Mongols unify the eastern = Slavs?
  32. What role did Ivan the Terrible play i= n the rise of absolutism? Peter the Great?
  33. Describe why “baroque” art= and architecture came about and give examples of how it was used.

 

Key Concepts, Terms, People and Events:

    1. sovereignty = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ; 1. serfdom
    2. absolutism=  = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;   2. Prussian Junkers
    3. totalitarianism = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;        3. Hohenzollern
    4. republicanism = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;         4. Romanovs
    5. constitutionalism=  = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;   5. Boyars
    6. French Classicism           =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =      6.Pragmatic Sanction
    7. commonwealth = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;      7. Cossacks
    8. intendants       &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;          = 8. Frederick the Great
    9. Sully=             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =              9. Charles VI of = Austria
    10. Fronde = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;        10. Francis Rakoczy
    11. Cardinal Richelieu           =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =      11. Ivan the Terrible<= /i>
    12. Jean-Baptist Colbert           =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            = 12. Frederick William the Great Elector
    13. The French Academ= y       &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  13. Frederick William I
    14. Versailles       &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;           14. Ivan III
    15. Moliere            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;        15. Peter the Great
    16. Count-Duke of Olivares       &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            16. Michael Romanov
    17. Dutch East India Company       &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;      17. Siege of Vienna 1683
    18. Oliver Cromwell           =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =         18. War of Austrian Succession
    19. James II of Enlg= and       &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;     19. Time of Troubles
    20. Peace of Utrecht           &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;      20. Battle of Poltava
    21. Cabal of Charles II=
    22. Puritans
    23. English Bill of Rights
    24. James I of England
    25. Thomas Hobbes
    26. John Locke
    27. revocation of Edict of Nantes
    28. War of Spanish Succession<= /span>
    29. Glorious Revolution=
    30. Restoration

Links

3D"*"      General Information: Absolutism

3D"*"      General Information: Eastern Absolutism

3D"*"      Primary Sources

3D"*"      Saint-Simon<= o:p>

3D"*"      Colbert’= s Memoirs of Trade

3D"*"      Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan=

3D"*"      John Locke’s Two Treatises

3D"*"      Don Quixote

3D"*"      Review PowerPoints

1.&n= bsp;   French

2.&n= bsp;   Eastern

 

 

 

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