chapter 15 Flashcards
peace of westphalia
makes calvinism ok
absolutism
a ruler has ultimate power
devine right monarchy
kings and queens are given their power from god
best example of absolutism
france, louis xiv
intendants
local governors
the fronde
noble revolt
cardinal for each louis
xiii richeliue xiv mazarin (second)
why was france in debt
30 years war
edict of fontainebleau
revoked edict of Nantes, can’t be hugeounot
merchantalism
hoard gold, tariffs, more export less import
jean baptist colbert
lois xiv chief financial advisor
powerful after fall of hre
austria and prussia
first to take title of tsar (cesar)
ivan iv the terrible
st. petersburg
window to the west
gentry
wealthy landowners below nobility
constitutional monarchy
england
petition of right
parliament limits king power
personal rule
rule without parliament
englands civil war 1642 - 1646
kings supporters vs parliament supporters
test act
only anglicans can hold military and civil offices
declaration of indulgence
suspended laws barring catholics and dissenters from office
king supporter
cavaliers
parliament supporters
roundheads
cromwell
takes over after charles is executed