Terms to Outline
- Constitutionalism
- Role of the English Gentry
- James I
- Charles I
- Petition of Right
- "ship money"
- "Short Parliament"
- "Long Parliament"
- English Civil War
- Cavaliers
- Roundheads
- Oliver Cromwell
- Pride's Purge and "Rump Parliament"
Questions to Consider
- Why did constitutionalism grow in popularity in England? What does it say about the leadership of James I and Charles I?
- How and why did religion play a role in the move towards constitutionalism in England?
Terms to Outline
- Louis XIV
- The Fronde
- The Estates General
- corvee
- Mercantilism
- Bullionism
- Jean Baptiste Colbert
- Wars of Louis XIV
- War of Devolution (First Dutch War)
- War of Spanish Succession
- Treaty of Utrecht
Questions to Consider
- Why was Louis XIV considered the quintessential absolutist ruler? What characteristics of his rule make him differ from his predecessors?
- What are the various ways that Louis XIV controls various social classes?
- How did Jean Baptiste Colbert develop the French economy? What were the limits of these economic improvements (hint: wars)?
- Why was Louis XIV constantly at war during his reign, and what was the result?
Terms to Outline
- Louis XIV
- The Fronde
- The Estates General
- corvee
- Mercantilism
- Bullionism
- Jean Baptiste Colbert
- Wars of Louis XIV
- War of Devolution (First Dutch War)
- War of Spanish Succession
- Treaty of Utrecht
Questions to Consider
- Why was Louis XIV considered the quintessential absolutist ruler? What characteristics of his rule make him differ from his predecessors?
- What are the various ways that Louis XIV controls various social classes?
- How did Jean Baptiste Colbert develop the French economy? What were the limits of these economic improvements (hint: wars)?
- Why was Louis XIV constantly at war during his reign, and what was the result?
Terms to Outline
- Absolutism's characteristics
- contrast with absolutism in Eastern Europe
- divine right of kings
- contrast with totalitarianism
- Absolutism in France
- Henry IV (of Navarre)
- Duke of Sully
- Mercantilism
- other economic reforms under Sully
- Louis XIII
- Cardinal Richelieu
- Intendent system
- The Fronde
- Cardinal Mazarin
- Impact on Louis XIV
Questions to Consider
- What made absolutism attractive to 17th century monarchs?
- How did absolutism in western Europe differ from that of eastern Europe? (We will also discuss this more in Chapter 17)
- Was absolutism the same as totalitarianism? Why or why not?
- To what extent was absolutism "absolute" in France? How does the role of the Duke of Sully, Cardinal Richelieu, and Cardinal Mazarin help us address this question?
