Chapter 15: 1589-1725 Absolutism and Constitutionalism Flashcards
___ did not suffer in the Little Ice Age
Netherlands
Bourbon monarchy
- Founded by Henry IV, foundation of the absolutist monarch
Louis XIII
absolutist ruler
Louis XIV
divine right, too independent, did not call for Estates General, revoked edict of nantes
- relied on nobles despite his desires to restrict noble order as he needed to extend power throughout France
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683)
- Louis’s minister
- mercantilism
- wealth and economy of France should serve the state
- wanted Canada for mineral benefits in the French empire
Company of East Indies
founded to compete with Dutch for Asian trade
Edict of Nantes
Ended French Wars of Religion, issued by Henry IV to give Huguenots the right to worship
Cardinal Richelieu
- Catholic, French
- attacked La Rochelle, Protestant household for control
- supported the Protestants in the 30 Years War to prioritize politics over religion
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in
1685
Louis XIV Wars of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713)
- Charles II of Spain’s death leaves empty throne, Louis
- Great Alliance between Prussians, Austrians, English, Dutch try to suppress Bourbon power
- Issues the Peace of Utrecht, let Louis’s grandson stay as the king of Spain as long as they understood France and Spain could no longer be united
Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-1661)
- chief minister for Louis XIV
- Fronde uprisings: struggle to increase royal revenues to pay for the Thirty Years’ War, rebellions arose
Noble(women) at Versailles
- nobles there for coperation
- in charge of family connections
The Austrian Habsburgs forced more on
unification
Ferdinand II
- confiscated protestant noble land, ruled Bohemia to be Catholic
In 1683, Habsburgs
take control over Hungary and Transylvania