Euro Civ 12/01/04
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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

Issues:

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

Roundheads


Cavaliers


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)

Bill of Rights