Absolute Monarchs Flashcards
King of Spain who inherited his kingdom from Charles V and great-grandparents Isabella and Ferdinand.
Phillip 11
Spanish fleet launched to punish Elizabeth I of England.
Armada
Greek artist that spent most of his adult life in Spain who was a symbol of the Golden Age of Spanish art and court painter of Philip IV.
El Greeco
Author who is credited with writing the modern European novel in 1605.
Miguel de Cervantes
Painter known as the greatest Dutch artist of the period who painted portraits of wealthy middle-class merchants.
Rembrandt van Rijn
Kings or queens who held all of the power with their states’ boundaries.
Absolute Monarchs
The idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on Earth.
Divine Right
The political belief that one ruler should hold all of the power within the boundaries of a country.
Absolutism
The declaration of religious toleration from Henry IV aka Henry Navarre that allowed Huguenots to live in peace in France.
Edict of Nantes
Minister/adviser to Louis XIII who increased the power of the monarchy.
Cardinal Richelieu
The idea of French thinkers that nothing can ever be known for certain.
Scepticism
The most powerful ruler in French history who exclaimed “I am the state”.
Louis XIV
The “true ruler of France” as minister of Louis XIV who was hated by the wealthy but credited with ending the Thirty Years’w War.
Cardinal Mazarin
Government agents who collected taxes and administered justice.
Intendants
palace of Louis XIV.
The power of Versailles
The war to prevent the union of the French and Spanish thrones.
War of Spanish Succession
War that began because of a conflict over religion and territory for power among European ruling families.
Thirty Year War
The family name of of the absolute monarchs of Austria.
Hampsburg
The oldest daughter of Charles V1 who became leader of Austria.
Maria Teresa
The state who was the enemy of Maria Theresa.
Prussia
Prussia’s ruling family
Hohenzollers
Prussian leader known as the Great Elector who decided a strong army was necessary.
Frederick William of Brandenburg
The landowning nobility of Prussia whose cooperation was bought by King Frederick William I.
Junkers
William Frederick’s son whose friend was beheaded by his father.
Frederick The Great
War between Prussia and Austria and their allies.
War of the Austrian succession
War between ever great European power from 1756-1763.
The seven year’s war
Russian leader who liberated Russia from the Mongols and centralized the Russian government.
Ivan 111
Son of Ivan III, also known as Ivan IV who crowned himself czar.
Ivan The Terrible
Russia’s landowning nobles
Boyars
Wife of Ivan the Terrible who he thought was killed by the boyars.
Anastasia
Family of the grandnephew of Ivan the Terrible’s wife who ruled Russia for 300 years.
Romanov Dynasty
Also known as Czar Peter I.
Peter the great
Peter’s goal of using western Europe as a model for change in Russia.
Westernization
Russia’s new capital under Peter the Great.
Saint PetersBurg
Cousin of Elizabeth I who became king.
James 1
War between the supporters and opponents of King Charles.
English civil war
Responsible for turning the tide of the Civil War and accusing Charles I of treason.
Oliver Cromwell
Period of Rule led by Charles II.
Restoration
Guarantee of freedom passed during the reign of Charles II that gave every prisoner the right to trial.
Habeas Corpus
The bloodless overthrow of King James II by William and Mary.
Glorious Revolution.
King or queen’s power is limited.
Constitutional Monarch
Group of government ministers in England.
Cabinet
The treaty that ended the war in Germany that cost the lives of 4 million people.
The peace of Westphalia
