1. Absolute Monarchy
Chapter 5

2. Charles V divides the Empire

3. The Power of Philip II

4. Defender of the Faith

5. Controlling England

6. Gradual Collapse of the Spanish Economy

7. Spanish Art and Literature

8. The Revolt of the Netherlands

9. Dutch Prosperity

10. Absolutism The Theory.

11. Political and Economic Factors Favoring Absolutism

12. France Civil War and Wars of Religion

13. Henry of Navarre Becomes King of France

14. Cardinal Richelieu rules France

15. Skepticism

16. The Reign of Louis XIV

17. Jean Baptiste Colbert and Mercantilism

18. The Wars of Louis XIV

19. The Legacy of Louis XIV

20. The Thirty Years War

21. The Peace of Westphalia

22. The Revival of Austria Maria Teresa

23. The Rise of Prussia

24. War of Austrian Succession Seven Years War.

25. Ivan the Terrible

26. Contrasting Cultures Russia and Western Europe

27. Peter the Great

28. Westernizing Russia

29. James Stuart becomes King of England

30. Charles Battle Parliament

31. The English Civil War

32. Cromwell and the Commonwealth

33. The Restoration

34. James II alienates England

35. Parliamentary Leadership The Bill of Rights