The Baroque Age: 1603-1715 Flashcards
This family replaced the Tudor family in power in England
Stuart family
This family replaced the Valois family in power in France
Bourbon family
Sovereign State
centralized form of government under ONE RULER!!! France, Spain, England
5 Great Military states
England, France, Austria, Prussia, Russia
Absolutism
Absolute control over absolutely everything- all control goes to ONE ruler (Bodin-Divine Right of Kings)- resulted in rise of power and standing armies
diplomacy led to
negotiation and compromise
Bureaucracy
government workers or agencies
Bureaucracies
middle class, diplomacy (Spies)
Balance of power
tension caused by countries pushing boundaries
FRANCE: Henry IV
first Bourbon dynasty, more moderate, tolerant of Huguenots (French Calvinists), assassinated 1610, mood changed (sense of tolerance went away)
FRANCE: Louis XIII
regent-ruled (too young to rule) Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) & Cardinal Mazarin succeeded Richelieu- laid groundwork for Absolutism, worked to wrest power from nobility and consolidate under king
FRANCE: Louis XIV
“L’Etat c’est moi!”-“I am the state” ruled 1661-1715- persecuted Huguenots (French Calvinists)
ECONOMIC POLICY- Mercantilism
Mercantilism
state controlled imports/exports-subsidized local industries, set taxes, customs, quotas
Self-glorification
made France center for European arts and letters: Versailles palace, Royal Academy of Painting
ENGLAND: Government Changes
during Baroque era, England transitioned from Monarchy to a Republic to a Limited Monarchy
