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Class one exam 2
Europe in 1500 class one exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most people had grown tired of the age of religious _________and ____________. | warfare and instability |
| People of western europe start to turn their attention from religious disputes to discussing more ... | worldly affairs/secular problems |
| People of western Europe are becoming more interested in the development of ... | science, philosophy, and expanding western government |
| A unique form of government created called... | absolutism |
| define absolutism | a form of government that is dominated by a strong centralized political authority, which could be a king, a queen, an emperor, a prince, or a monarch |
| The government has to fight for power amongst two groups of people: | a nation states nobility(his own nobility) and corporate institutions like the RC church, legislative bodies, local governments |
| The king is trying to gain as much__________as possible. | political power |
| How does a king centralize power? | Growth of state agencies/bereaucracies and when King has more direct power over their day to day operations of their nation state |
| what is the purpose of state agencies bureaucracies? | making sure the kings taxes are collected, making sure the kings laws are being followed, making sure the king has plenty of recruits in his armies (sole purpose is to enhance the power of the king) |
| what are the two justifiable reasons for absolutism? | based on theory - diving right: kings rule because God sanctioned it based on fact - Age of religious warfare depleted WE because of instability. people believed centralizing the power of the state into a singular monarch may bring more stability |
| Absolutism happens first and is the strongest in... | France (its not the only place but it was most heavily documented there |
| Absolutism happens all western Europe except for_________because of the... | England; Magna Carta (it made the monarch non-absolute) |
| absolutism emerged in France as a direct result of an age of... | religious warfare |
| France is experiencing a multitude of issues: | civil war economic uncertainty political instability |
| The monarchy in France is unable to ... | fix the problems in issues (economic, religious, ect.) |
| Henry II has ____ sons with Catherine De Medici and dies from__________________. | 3;a jousting accident |
| After Henry II dies who does the crown pass to? | King Francis II, his first son |
| Physically Francis II is______________. | weak |
| He is crowned king at... | 15 years old |
| How does Francis II die? | He dies a year after his reign starts with no wife or children |
| Who does the crown pass to after Francis II dies? what is he like? | Hi brother King Charles IX. He is mentally disturbed and enjoys shooting birds in cages/ripping wings off butterflies |
| How do the people feel about King Charles IX? | These characteristics are noticed by the people of France which does not give them hope |
| Charles IX would play a game of St Bartholomew's day | The bodies of the Bartholomews day stayed in the Seine river floating to the top of the river. He would load his black powder musket and shoot the dead bodies. |
| How long did Charles IX reign? Where did the crown go? | he has a 14 year reign before passing to King Henry III, the last brother |
| What was the King Henry's III reign like? | Henry III would cross dress, very feminine The people of France wanted someone who was more Iron Fisted |
| How did Henry III die and how long was his reign? | After a 15 year reign he is assassinated by a Dominican monk who stabs him to death |
| The want a strong________to bring in law and order. | King |
| Politiques made up of the most influential ... | Catholic and Hugenots |
| Politiques may disagree over religious issues both they want to work together to create... | political stability |
| Politiques wanted to solve some _____________issues. | religious |
| In 1589 the next person in the line of royal succession is a Huguenot called ... | Henry of Navarre |
| Henry of Navarre was________ cousin to Henry III. | 22nd |
| Henry of Navarre is a____________________. | Calvinist/Huguenot |
| France is still very powerfully... | catholic |
| Did the people of France accept that Henry of Navarre was the next legitimate heir to the throne? | yes |
| Henry of Navarre becomes: | Becomes King Henry IV |
| Henry IV was First in the line of the... | Bourbon dynasty |
| Henry IV does all the stereotypical corrupt King activities but... | they still love him. He was perfect for France |
| He wanted France to be so___________ that every peasant family in France has “a chicken in their pot” | prosperous; “a chicken in their pot” |
| What was Henry IV's 3 step plan? | end religious wars in France solve the religious issues that started the age of warfare in the first place build a stronger more centralized government |
| Henry IV He sets of to wage war against... | French Huguenots |
| Henry IV is NOT a religious ____________. He is a... | protestant, but not a very good one. |
| Henry IV supposedly said....What does this mean for him? | He supposedly said “Paris is worth a mass” He decides it is worth it to be catholic. He renounces catholicism and gets baptised Overnight his approval rate skyrockets |
| Henry IV passed this law: | He passes a law called the Edict of Nantes It makes the RC church THE church of France |
| What does the Edict of Nantes do? | It gives social, political, and religious rights to French protestants Allowed for the huguenots to create fortifications in the towns they control It does NOT grant full religious freedom to the Huguenot |
| Henry IV befriends..together they | France's Finance minister, Duke of Sully Together they revamp how France collects its taxes Able to tighten the French bureaucracy |
| How does Henry IV die.. | A friar throws a something into the Kings cart and kills him |
| Who is crowned king after Henry IV? | His 9 year old son King Louis XIII |
| Who is King Louis XIII regency? | Marie De Medici |
| How do the people feel about Marie De medici? | She is Italian, not French French people do not trust her a hate her because she is not french |
| In contemporary accounts, Marie de Medici is someone who is short, has a short fuse, and is so ugly she could... | knock a buzzard off of a shit wagon |
| The government of Henry Iv is starting to _________after his sons reign. | decline |
| Together King Henry IV and the Duke of Sully revamp how France _____________in Able to tighten the French bureaucracy | collects its taxes |
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