militant revolution Flashcards
military revolution
- militayr power 2. medival warfare 3. consictiotpion 4. aruging about phase military reaction 5. bigger armies and ships (heavier taxes, war is a an ecnomi cburdern), largeburarecy (suprsnes military rescues) —> grwoth in power of state government
(miliary revoltuion) military power
essential to reputaiton and power (pressure to build military machiene)
(military reovution) conscription
drafts, offensive, standing army, adophus first to do this, equal number of muskteters and pikeme, salvo (all rows fired at ounce then piek charge), fater pistole valley is a calvary charge with swords, light artileery (flexilbity), require coordination and training and dicipline (rulers wore away from undisicplined mercanries)
(miltayr reovlution) aruging about phrase miltary revolution)
argue miltiayr devleopment are gradula (warfare continued to chage, armies got bigger and more expensive, need for more disicpline and traine dosliders, deducation of officers in schools, lienar formatison (mroe flexibilityand mobility-< increase use of firemarms (baynoet), naval race (bigger and more shipes))
rebellions factors
unhappiness from nobles and commoners cause sway stabiliyt of europena government, monarches attempt to extend authroity, governemnt increases taxes and create hardships and oppositont o pay fro battles
rebellions
peasnt and lower class revolts, portugal catlonia reel against spnaish government, naples and scility (commers) against tgovernemtn nobility, russia, france (effort to halt growth of power), northern states (suffer from change from clergy and nobility and mercanise groups), english revolution
the practice of aboslitusm: westenr ruoep
- abolsitum / absolute monarchy 2. bishop jacques bossuet
(the practice of aboslitusm: westenr ruoep ) abolsitum / absolute monarch
ultimate atuhroity or soverign power in state rest in hadns of king who claimed to rule by divine right, jean bodin (soverienity is the authority to make laws, atxes, administer justice system, determine foreign policy)
(the practice of aboslitusm: westenr ruoep ) bishop jacques bossuet
book: politics drawn fom the very words of holy scripture, theroist of divine right an dmonarhc, arugmetnts:
1. governemtn divenly ordained 9live in organized soceity) 2. god rule peole through kign (king’s power is aboslute, responsible to only God) 3. God not hold king accountable for his actions then king’s force responsibility and limits
foudnatiosn of rench abolsitusm: caridnal richeliu
- before louis XIV royal and ministral governemtns try to avoid break donw of state 2. cardinal richelieu
(foudnatiosn of rench abolsitusm: caridnal richeliu) before louis XIV royal and ministral governemtns try to avoid break donw of state
louis XIII and lousi XI (boys when succed throne), royal ministers depend on to control governemtn
(foudnatiosn of rench abolsitusm: caridnal richeliu) cardinal richelieu
politices that strengthe pwoer of monarchy (1. elminate political and miltiary rights of hugrenots and kept religious ones —> reliable hugentos, 2. humbling french nbility (understand importance of nobles, sent spies to uncover noble plots, eliminate threats to monarchy athiroty), intetnads, finaincal matters (corrupt, people benefiacted from ineuffincy and didn’t want reforms, taille and mortage increase, conflcit with habusrg increasing)
intendents
excectue orders of governemtn, supposed to reform and strenghten central administration, conflcit wiht governemtn as power grew (indepndets are victorious)< strengthe power of crown
cardinal mazarin
- richlieu and lous XIII died then anne of autra then cardinal maxarn (tilains) 2. fronde revolt
*cardinal mazarin) fronde revolt
maxarin not liked by french becaus eof hestiation, nobles ally with parliemtn of paris and masses at pairs (mad at taxes), 1. led by nobles of robe 2. nobles of sword (want to over thrown maxarin and serve their positions and get more power, rushed) 3. nobles begin fighting each other (people of france now know that stability in france depend on crown)
parliament of paris
justidication over half of kingdom, made up of obles nad robe (adminsirators and lawyers)
the reign of louis XI
- willing to pay price of being a strong rule (followed his consicence, create grand spectable at court of verasilles and set up standrd for ruels in eruoep) 2. historians poitn out hsi realities fell short of desire, france had overlapping authroities, many court and laws na dnobles excerise nobility, towns and providences will not give up power
admisntration of governemtn
- restructive central policy and making machievery of governemtn 2. authroity over forigen policy (war and peace, assertion of secular poer of crown, levy taxes) 3. no success with internaed administration
(admisntration of governemtn) no succes with interal admisntration
french groups are too powerful for him to control, control was brought by bribing indivdual responsbile for carrying out king’s polices still officials didn’t have to carry the policies out (sign of monarhcs not being so abolsute)< able to control provindical lcoal courts called parlments (register new laws)
(adminstiration of governemtn) restructive central policy and making machievery of governemtn
- new royal ocut of verasilels (household of king, location of cetnrla governemtn machienery) 2. threat to his rule from royal prines (beloeved they are to assert policy making role of royal ministries recoverd from royal council, wnated to be in his court then no politics, relid on other nobles)
religious polciy
- desire fo rreligious halgn led to conflict with french hugentos (did not allow protestant to practice faith, minoirty underminded political turhiotiy) 2. edict of fontainbeleu (revok of edict of nantes, destruction and closing hguentos and proetsnts churches adn schools, hugentos left to engaldn and german states, this weakend fren ch enomomy) 3. support for explusion of prosetants come from catothic lay people
finanical isseus
- bad infical sitatuion 2 hisotiran doubaul about polticis and colbert stuck to convictions (reglations avoided, high taxes are forgien retallation, his polices (meant to make king powerful) didn’t (more money then faster luouis bankrupt treaure, taxes shed on peasnts)
(finaincal issue) bad finaicl situion
- appoint jean bapitse colbert, as controller genral of infances 2. increase wealth and power by mercanlitsm (stress governemtn regulation of eonomic activies to benedict state) 3. decrease need for importsn and increase exports then expand quantity and improve equalitiy of goods 4. founded new luxury industres (instricutions of regulation, oversaw training, speical privilges), 5. build roads and cancals 6. to decrease import then riase taxes on goods 7. merchant marine
daily life at court of verasilles
- louis turne dhutnign lodge at versailles into cheaus (fortes) 2. purpose 3. political pursoes 4. life at verasilles