Chapter 4 Flashcards
James I
- daughter of Mary queen of Scots
- start of Stuart dynasty
- believed royal authority came from God
- thought Presbyterian system would destroy royal control over the church (basically support Anglican church, didn’t like puritans)
Charles I
- son of James I
- executed
- civil war in England
- believed royal authority came from God
- as seen as sympathetic to Catholics in Ireland and has a Catholic wife (maybe going back to Catholicism)
- basically support Anglican church, didn’t like puritans
purtians
protestants in Anglican church (Calvinists)
causes of civil war in england
- monarchs could get enough taxes
- large debt left by Elizabethan
- the church of England then had bishops playing an important role
- parliament (puritans) wanted to reform the church of England in favor of a Presbyterian model (presbyters instead of bishops played a role)
- parliament tried to force the monarch to accept policies in exchange for income because they were scared of absolutism and Catholicism
- Charles I was seen as sympathetic to Catholics in Ireland and has a Catholic wife (maybe going back to Catholicism)
- Irish and Scottish people are mad because the archbishop tried to impose the prayer book on the -Presbyterian church
events in civil war in england
- Scots invade
- the parliament limited royal powers, but the king crossed the line by arresting some members
- Charles rallied supporters against parliament
- Charles I executed
- Cromwell
cavaliers
royalists
-favored strong monarchy and Anglican church governed by bishops
roundheads
parliament
- puritans, people from Presbyterian dominated areas
- favored parliamentary monarchy and Presbyterian church
- Cromwell was in it
Oliver Cromwell
-established the commonwealth
-monarchy and house of lords was abolished
-parliament was ignored
-country ruled by dictatorship enforced by military rule
-puritan restrictions on art entertainment
crushed an uprising in Ireland and replaced Catholics with protestants
-they defeated the dutch
-levelers (radicals) were opposed
-Anglican church was restored as state church
James II
- wanted to restored Catholicism in England (treated catholic Irish nicely)
- William of orange and Mary of Netherlands were asked to overthrow James II
Glorious Revolution
-Cromwell died
-MONARCH was restored (Charles II)
-James II succeed Charles II
-William of orange and Mary of Netherlands were asked to overthrow James II because James II wanted to restored Catholicism in England (treated catholic Irish nicely)
-all future monarchs must be Protestant
-no more divine right
-Bill of rights
-constitutional monarchy
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bill of rights
- taxation and laws required parliamentary consent
- monarch can’t be roman catholic
- laws could only be made with consent of parliament
- parliament hold frequent sessions
- parliament could be dissolved only by its own consent
- standing armies only allowed with parliament’s consent
Louis XIII
- son of Henry of Navarre
- appointed cardinal Richelieu
cardinal Richelieu
- wanted to enhance royal power
- politique
- determined to weaken nobility (intendant system)
Fronde
- nobles of the French tried to reassert their authority but failed
- Louis XIV was forced to leave
- this happened when cardinal Mazarin was in power
Louis XIV
- appointed Colbert
- absolutist monarch
- revocated the edict of Nantes, causing many Huguenots to leave
- wanted to combine french and Spanish empires
- he wanted to create a universal monarchy by going into the Netherlands (fail) Spain (fail) and HRE (fail)