Absolutism

• Absolute Monarchy


  A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power
• Divine Right


  a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy
• Edict of Fontainebleau


  revoked the Edict of Nantes, provided for the destruction of Huguenot churches and closing of Protestant schools, mass exodus of Huguenots weakened the French economy and strengthened its rivals - major mistake of Louis XIV
• Boyars


  A member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European nations
• Westernization


  a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture such as industry, technology, science, education, politics, and economics
• English Civil War


  A series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists, mainly over manner of England's governance and issues of religious freedom
• Restoration


  the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.
• Glorious Revolution


  A reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange.
• Constitutional Monarchy


  A form of government in which the king retains his position as head of state, while the authority to tax and make new laws resides in an elected body.
• Phillip II


  A king of Spain who wanted to save Europe from Protestants
• Jean Baptiste Colbert


  believed in the theory of mercantilism; tried to make France self-sufficient
• Oliver Cromwell


  Led the New Model Army in the English Civil War and becomes leader of England
• Charles I


  King of England during the English Civil War
• Miguel de Cervantes


  wrote Don Quixote
• Ivan the Terrible


  1st Russian ruler to use title of czar
• Louis XIV


  Became strongest king of his time
• Peter the Great


  One of Russia's greatest reformers