Spanish Absolutism
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Brandenburg-Prussian Ruling Family | Hohenzollerns |
| Austria/Hungary/Southern Netherlands Ruling Family | Hapsburgs |
| Russian Ruling Family | Ivan IV & the Romanovs |
| Spanish Ruling Family | Hapsburgs & Bourbons |
| French Ruling Family | Bourbons |
| Characteristics of an Absolutist state | Strong, Ambitious Dynasties; Large Nobility; Expansion of Bureaucracy; Standing armies; Religion subordinated to problems of state |
| Henry IV (1589-1610) | Curtailed Privileges of Nobility; Used Duke of Sully to better finance policies |
| Marie de Medici | Louis XIII's mother; served as his regent |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Chief Advisor of Louis XIII; mentor to Cardinal Mazarin |
| Raison d'etat | "Reason of State"; external policy of Richelieu that placed import of state above import of religion |
| Anne of Austria | Louis XIV's mother, served as his regent |
| Cardinal Mazarin | Louis XIV's chief advisor; taught by Cardinal Richelieu; chief advisor until 1661 |
| The Fronde (1648-1653) | People involved were Frondiers, used a sling; Civil War of France |
| Causes and Outcome of the Fronde | Causes: Parlement tried to limit power of the King; nobility wanted more of a say in gov.; people were unhappy with taxes Outcome: solidified people's belief in need of a strong leader; Solidified Louis' belief in Absolutism |
| Absolutist Strategies used by Louis XIV | Propaganda- plays and art, Placation of the Nobility, "L'Etat, c'est moi"- I am the State |
| Jansenists | Liked Predestination, but were still part of Catholic Church; Started by Cornelius Jensen; Louis XIV stopped them with Jesuits |
| Louis XIV and Huguenots | Revoked edict of Nantes- 1685; Huguenots flee to H.R.E., causing to excessively attack these areas |
| The War of Devolution (1667-1668) | Causes: Wife was daughter of Spanish King and he wanted Spanish Netherlands; Combatants: France; Spain and the Triple Alliance- Dutch Republic, England, Sweden Outcome- Treaty of AIX-LA-CHAELLE; France gains territory in Flanders |
| Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678) | Causes: Dutch supported Spain in the War of Devolution Combatants: France and England; Dutch Republic, Spain, Brandenburg-Prussia, H.R.E. (Quadruple Alliance) Outcome: Treaty of NIJMEGEN; France gains Franche-Conte and parts of Southern Netherlands |
| The Nine Years' War (1688-1697) | Causes: Louis wanted lands surrounding the Rhine River Combatants: League of Augsburg, Grand Alliance (1689); France Outcome: Treaty of RYSWICK; France retained Strasburg and Alsace |
| Names for the Nine Years' War | The War of the League of Augsburg, The War of the Grand Alliance, The War of the Palatinian Succession, King William's War |
| League of Augsburg (1686)/Grand Alliance (1689) | Austrian Hapsburgs, Spain, Sweden, Dutch Republic, Bavaria, Saxony, Palatinate, Brandenburg-Prussia; England (1689) |
| War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) | Causes: Charles II dies; Louis XIV wants grandson Philip to be Spanish King; Leopold I (H.R.E.) wants Archduke Charles to be King Combatants: France, Spain, Bavaria; Austria, England, Dutch Republic, Brandenburg-Prussia, Portugal, Savoy Outcome: 1713-Treaty of UTRECHT; 1714-RATSTATDT; England: Received Gibraltar and Minorca, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Hudson Bay Territory; Austria: Gain Spanish Netherlands; Philip V becomes King of Spain-he can't rule France and Spain, neither can other Bourbon Rulers |
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