1. Age of Absolutism
Chapter 17

2. Extending Spanish Power
Charles V
King of Spain
Hapsburg Empire
Ruling Two Empires
Constant Warfare

3. Map of Hapsburg Empire

4. Phillip II
Absolute Monarch
Divine Right

5. Wars of Phillip II Battle of Lepanto
Defeats the Ottomans
Battled Protestants in Netherlands
Northern Provinces Declare Independence
Queen Elizabeth I
Spanish Armada

6. Spain’s Golden Age siglo de oro Golden Century 1550-1650
Phillip II a Patron of the Arts

7. Painters in Spain El Greco Diego Velazquez “The Greek”
Jesus driving the moneychangers from the Temple
Diego Velazquez
Las Marinas

8. Writers
Lope de Vega
1,500 plays
Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote

9. Economic Decline Lack of Strong Leadership Economic Problems
Overseas Wars
Neglect of Farming and Commerce
Expulsion of Muslims and Jews
Soaring Inflation

10. France under Louis XIV Rebuilding France Religious Wars
Huguenots v. Catholics
Edict of Nantes
Henry IV
Foundations of Royal Absolutism
Centralized Power
Bureaucracy

11. Louis XIV Strengthens Royal Power
Henry IV Assassinated
Louis XIII
Richelieu
“L’etat, c’est moi”
“I am the State”
Did not call Estates General
Intendants
Strongest Army in Europe

12. Successes of Louis XIV Royal Power French Army Strongest in Europe
Wealthiest State
Versailles
Arts Flourished

13. Failures of Louis XIV Costly Wars Rival Rulers Joined Forces
Persecution of Huguenots
Revoked Edict of Nantes
Forced To Flee
Economic Blow

14. Triumph of Parliament in England
The Tudors
Divine Right
Recognized Power of Parliament
Henry VIII
When he broke with church, needed to go to parliament to get money
Elizabeth I
Consulted and controlled parliament

15. The Stuarts Divine Right Clashed with Parliament James I Charles I
Dissolved Parliament
Collected Taxes on his own
Charles I
Ignored Petition of Right
Ruled w/o for 11 years

16. English Civil War Supporters of Charles I-Cavaliers
Forces of Parliament/Oliver Cromwell-Roundheads
Charles on Trial
House of Commons
Cromwell-Lord Protector
Charles II

17. Glorious Revolution James II-Catholic? William and Mary Bill of Rights
Limited Monarchy

18. Rise of Austria and Prussia

19. Protestant North and Catholic South

20. Thirty Years’ War Causes Local conflict turns into a European War
Rival German Princes
Religion
Local conflict turns into a European War

21. Results of the Thirty Years’ War
The Peace of Westphalia
Depopulation
France
The Hapsburgs
Germany Divided Again
The Netherlands and present-day Switzerland

22. Peace of Westphalia

23. Austria and Prussia Austria Prussia Hapsburgs-HRE Uniting the Empire?
Maria Theresa
Prussia
Hohenzollern Family
Efficient Bureaucracy
Reduced Nobles Role
Frederick William I
Army
Frederick II

24. Maintaining the Balance of Power in Europe
Austria, Prussia, France, England and Russia
Two Rivalries
Prussia battled Austria
Britain and France

25. Europe in 17th century

26. Absolute Monarchy in Russia
Peter the Great
Westernization
Boyars
Western Technology and Culture
Autocratic Methods
Spread of Serfdom

27. Expansion under Peter Warm Water Port Baltic Sea Treaty with Qing
Bering Strait

28. Map of Russian Territory in Asia

29. Map of Bering’s Voyage

30. Catherine the Great Czar Peter III-Insane-Assassinated
Catherine-Wife-Takes over
Reorganized the Provincial Govt.
Warm-Water Port
Partition of Poland