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Global Studies
Age of Absolutism (1600s-1700s)
Term | Definition |
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Age of Absolutism (1600s-1700s) | Europeans nations governed (ruled) by absolute monarchs (kings) |
absolute monarch | a king that had TOTAL power over the nations they ruled |
Key characteristics of absolute monarchies | 1) centralized political control - power not shared with anyone else 2) Divine Right- King got power to rule from God 3) unlimited power - made laws without consent of the people |
Peter the Great | absolute monarch of Russia - brought customs of Europe to Russia (westernization); took over many lands |
Louis XIV | absolute monarch of France; took over many lands |
Philip II | Absolute monarch of Spain |
Henry VIII | Absolute monarch of England |
Suleiman the Magnificent | absolute monarch of the Ottoman Empire; took over many lands |