Unit 2 Evolving Identities And The Nation State Flashcards
Feudal
The political, social, and economic structure of medieval society that remained in parts of Europe into the 1700s.
Old Regime
English for Ancien Regime; used to describe feudal conditions that existed in France before the French Revolution.
Ancien Regime
(Old Regime in English): Feudal conditions that existed in France before the French Revolution.
Divine Right
The theory that the monarch has received his or her right to rule from God rather than from the people.
Clergy
The officials of a religious organization or order.
Nobility
A small privileged class of people who were noble (high social rank) by birth.
Ideologies
A theory or concept about the way in which society should be organized.
Liberalism
A political philosophy that all citizens should have government guaranteed freedoms and equality.
Republicanism
A political philosophy wherein government power should beheld by citizens who are entitled to vote for representatives and to elect a president, either directly or indirectly.
Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment: an eighteenth century movement in European philosophy that advocated reason as the primary basis of authority.
Monarch
A king or queen.
Absolute Monarch
A king or queen who has unlimited power (autocratic power) over a territory and it’s people (subjects).
Constitution
A set of rules or laws that determines how a country shall be run.
Émigrés
(French) literally, a person who has “migrated out”; often a political self-exile.
Egalitarianism
A belief in human equality, especially with respect to social, political, legal, and economic rights and privileges; an equitable or fair social structure.
