Identify the Key
(CAN USE TEXT/GLOSSARY BUT MUST CITE)
Significance to the chapter (IN YOUR OWN WORDS)
Absolutism- A form of government in which the sovereign power or ultimate authority rested in the hands of a monarch who claimed to rule by divine right and was therefore responsible only to God.
Divine-Right Monarchy- A monarchy based on the belief that monarchs receive their power directly from God and are responsible to no one except God.
Intendants- Royal officials in seventeenth-century France who were sent into the provinces to execute the orders of the central government.
Parlements- Provincial law courts in France.
Boyars- The Russian nobility.
Procurator- The head of the Holy Synod, the chief decision-making body for the Russian …show more content…
1. Absolutism- Absolutism meant that the ultimate authority in the state relied in the hands of a king who claimed to be chosen by God to rule his kingdom. French absolutism became the best example of absolutism during the reign of Louis XIV in seventeenth century. Louis XIV established his own royal court called Versailles, where he made very high nobles and princes of the blood move in.
2. Divine-Right Monarchy- Divine-Right Monarchy- was a political and religious doctrine that stated that only God can judge a king, and any that attempt to dethrone the king, is considered a sacrilegious act. A supporter of this theory was Bishop Jacques Bossuet, who expressed his ideas in a book called Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture.
3.) Intendants- Intendants were called royal authorities in the seventeenth centuries whose job was to be sent to provinces to complete the orders of the central government. The intendants were usually victorious in most their disputes, they further strengthened the …show more content…
To what extent did he succeed? Louis XIV’s goal was to establish a powerful absolutism monarchy in his domestic and foreign policies. Louis XIV established his absolute monarchy in his palace at Versailles where he kept the very high nobles and princes of the blood in his eyesight. Louis was pretty successful in his domestic policy, as he kept all possible threats in his vision, and Colbert helped him with financial issues. He kept them busy with politics. Louis XIV’s hope of his foreign policy was to keep making wars constant during his reign. He waged four wars between 1667 and 1713. I would say that he didn’t meet his standards, as he had to sue for peace in 1668 in his first war, where he invaded the Spanish Netherlands. A devastating loss was the War of the League of Augsburg, this war resulted in a eight-year struggle, which brought economic depression and famine to
(CAN USE TEXT/GLOSSARY BUT MUST CITE)
Significance to the chapter (IN YOUR OWN WORDS)
Absolutism- A form of government in which the sovereign power or ultimate authority rested in the hands of a monarch who claimed to rule by divine right and was therefore responsible only to God.
Divine-Right Monarchy- A monarchy based on the belief that monarchs receive their power directly from God and are responsible to no one except God.
Intendants- Royal officials in seventeenth-century France who were sent into the provinces to execute the orders of the central government.
Parlements- Provincial law courts in France.
Boyars- The Russian nobility.
Procurator- The head of the Holy Synod, the chief decision-making body for the Russian …show more content…
1. Absolutism- Absolutism meant that the ultimate authority in the state relied in the hands of a king who claimed to be chosen by God to rule his kingdom. French absolutism became the best example of absolutism during the reign of Louis XIV in seventeenth century. Louis XIV established his own royal court called Versailles, where he made very high nobles and princes of the blood move in.
2. Divine-Right Monarchy- Divine-Right Monarchy- was a political and religious doctrine that stated that only God can judge a king, and any that attempt to dethrone the king, is considered a sacrilegious act. A supporter of this theory was Bishop Jacques Bossuet, who expressed his ideas in a book called Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture.
3.) Intendants- Intendants were called royal authorities in the seventeenth centuries whose job was to be sent to provinces to complete the orders of the central government. The intendants were usually victorious in most their disputes, they further strengthened the …show more content…
To what extent did he succeed? Louis XIV’s goal was to establish a powerful absolutism monarchy in his domestic and foreign policies. Louis XIV established his absolute monarchy in his palace at Versailles where he kept the very high nobles and princes of the blood in his eyesight. Louis was pretty successful in his domestic policy, as he kept all possible threats in his vision, and Colbert helped him with financial issues. He kept them busy with politics. Louis XIV’s hope of his foreign policy was to keep making wars constant during his reign. He waged four wars between 1667 and 1713. I would say that he didn’t meet his standards, as he had to sue for peace in 1668 in his first war, where he invaded the Spanish Netherlands. A devastating loss was the War of the League of Augsburg, this war resulted in a eight-year struggle, which brought economic depression and famine to