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Absolute Monarchy

Absolute Monarchy. Chapter 13. Two Models of Political Development. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY Government where the monarch is subject to the law and power is limited England: Representative Body of the People vs. power of the king Limiting the kings power 1215-Magna Carta 1300’s-Parliament

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Absolute Monarchy

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  1. Absolute Monarchy Chapter 13

  2. Two Models of Political Development • CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY • Government where the monarch is subject to the law and power is limited • England: Representative Body of the People vs. power of the king • Limiting the kings power • 1215-Magna Carta • 1300’s-Parliament • 1640’s-Petition of Right • 1690’s-English Bill of Rights • Major Conflict • English Civil War (Puritans) • Glorious Revolution • ABSOLUTE MONARCHY • Government where the monarch controls the government, the economy, and society • Divine Right to rule • Personal Rule

  3. Louis XIV • History • France ruled by strong ministers • Richelieu and Mazarin • Created centralizing policies that provoked rebellions by the nobility (the Fronde) 1649-1652 • Remember the relationship between the Huguenots and the nobility • Louis worried about heavy-handed practices • Centralized power while assuring local control and influence for the nobility

  4. Louis XIV • Divine right to rule • Leader divinely appointed and answerable only to God • Louis’ tutor was Political theorist Bishop Jacques-Benign Bousset • Old testament rulers divinely appointed and answerable only to God • Medieval Church: only God could judge a Pope; extended this for the king • “L’etal, céstmoi” (I am the State)—Louis XIV • The king still duty bound to reflect God’s will through his policies; not bound to nobles or Parlements (courts) • Representative of the State in foreign affairs • Not the father of his people; that was left to local nobility

  5. Louis XIV • Personal Rule • Assumed control 1661 • 21 years old • Relationship with nobility • Directly managed political affairs • Councils • Parlements • Social Control • Versailles

  6. Louis XIV • Foreign Policy: Early Wars • Securing French borders • War of Devolution • 1667 Invasion of Flanders • 1670 Secret Treaty of Dover • 1672 Invasion of the Netherlands • 1678, 1679 Peace of Nijmwegen

  7. Louis XIV • Religious Policy • To secure political unity and stability • Suppression of Jansenists • Revocation of Edict of Nantes

  8. Louis XIV • Later Wars • Nine Years War and the League of Augsburg • New World • War of Spanish Succession

  9. Louis XIV • France after Louis XIV • Louis XV • Duke of Orleans • John Law • Mississippi Bubble • Renewal of Authority of Parlements

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