Absolute Monarchs

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Absolute Monarchs

• Chap 16
• Phillip II
• Louis XIV
• Peter the Great

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What is absolutism?

• Textbook definition
• When a ruler has complete authority over the
  government and the lives of the people
• Whats so new about this?
• Degree of power
• Depth scope of powers claimed

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Hallmarks of absolutism

• Divine right claims
• The king is king because God made him king
• I answer to God alone
• Attempts to control all in realm
• Religious groups, nobles, local govts.
• Through favors or suppression
• A heavy-handed approach to creating unity

Yes, I know - this guy gets annoying after a
while.
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Hallmarks of absolutism

• Control over financial machinery
• King controls the money
• No longer has to ask nobles for money
• Raise through Taxes, customs duties (tariffs),
  other financial schemes
• System of tax collectors whose job is to go
  around and collect money

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Hallmarks of absolutism

• Massive bureaucracies
• True civil servants
• Paid by state, represented the king
• Men owed their wealth position to employment
• Thus usually loyal grateful to king

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Hallmarks of absolutism

• Standing armies
• The medieval system abandoned
• Feudal obligation of 40 days service thrown out
• Why standing (full time) armies were needed?
• The benefits of standing armies?
• The burden of standing armies?
• Do the math How much does it cost to feed an
  army of 200,000 men every day, 3 times a day.
• (Use the Dennys Menu as a guide for prices)

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Louis the Sun King XIV
Letat, cest moi!!
Thats I AM the state to you silly Americans
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Increase the Army!!
Louis the Sun King XIV
Kill those darn Huguenots
Invade Germany!!!
What do you mean were out of money!!??
I want to be king of Spain too!
Fight the English!!
Build me a palace!!!
Fight the Dutch!!
Fight the Swedes!!!
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The Story of the Revolt of the Titans

• Giants revolt
• Zeus crushes the revolt
• King of the giants is buried under pile of rocks
• Dont mess with the big boys

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Umm, I think Im lost
What dear?
Honey, lets make this the kids wing
This can all be yours for a measly 4,000,000,000
The back yard
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France Under Louis XIV

• King is glorified as all powerful
• Divine Right
• Nobles stripped of power
• Versailles built
• Many wars
• War of Spanish Succession.
• Everyone gangs up on France
• Treaty of Utrecht - Spain and France can never be
  unified
• Promotes economy through mercantilism and heavy
  taxes
• Note Nobles do not pay taxes

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symbols
Why?
palace
religion
Ruled
where
why
when
Louis XIV
What went On there
Believed in
Meaning?
military
economics
Change to army
who
campaigns
what
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Why?
result
Louis XIVs Wars
Why?
result
results
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Peter the Great

• Czar of Russia
• Romanov Family

Knock off the Tall jokes.
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HA HA HA! Look at the Backwoods Hillbillies Who
live Here!!! HA HA HA!
How Europeans Viewed Things
Civilized, Highly Cultured Gentlemanly
Europe
Backwards Peasant Europe (2nd Class)
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Russia Poor Geographically Isolated Dominated by
nobles Medieval / Feudal Many serfs Church has
great influence
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Hey you! Shave off that beard!!
And a big army! - and navy.
Maybe a new capital would help
Peter the Grrrrreeeaaaatttt
Ive got to get Westernized
What does it take to get a little respect around
here?
Better get hold of these rotten nobles
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Hey Ottomans, I want access to the ocean.
Keep Dreaming! You will never get a warm water
port!
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Peters Window On The West Saint
Petersburg The Most European of all Russian
cities
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Russias Geographical Problems?
Misc. Notes Peter the Man Days as a
sailor Traveling Europe Read between the lines.
What kind of a man was he? How he died
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Ruled
where
problems
when
geog
Peter the Great
why
desires
Granted nobles large estates w/ many serfs
results
built
How he fulfilled them?