Chapter 16 Flashcards
an ardent beliver in the divine right of kings, system of absolute monarchy
Louis XIV
A series of revolts between 1648-1653 known as the fronde. the conflict began
1648 when cardinal mazarin levied a tax on judical officers when they refused to pay and demanded the right to approve new taxes, he had the leaders arrested.
Fronde’s goal was
to protect their ancient libierites from royal encroachment. not to overthrow the king
results of the fronde
louis centriziled the army under his direct control
the gardens reflected the spirit of louis XIVs rule, their geometrical arrangement and clear lines showed
that art and design could tame nature; that order and control defined the exercise of power
absoultism
a system of government which the ruler claims sole and uncontestable power
Louis will achive absoultism by making everyone depednant upon him, using a system policy of
bestowing pensions, offices, honors (titles of nobility), gifts, the threat of disfavor or punishment
nobility of the sword
family members, princes, old military based nobility
intendants
holders of a public adminstrative office
intendants performed 3 main functions
collection of taxes
financing of public offices
provisioning of the army
mercantilism
governments must intervene to increase national wealth by whatever means possible
parliments most indepensibke power
ability to raise tax revenure far in excess of all other sources of revenue at the crowns disposale
becuase england had no single consitional document ….regulated relations between the king and parliment
a variety of laws, judical decisons, charters, petictions, and customary procedures
the scots riot and then invade england
archbishop of canterbury issued the book of common prayer to enforce uniform rules of worship in england, scotland, and wales
the long parliment passed 3 laws in order to place limits on the kings absoultue monarchila rule
Parliemnt should convenne once every 3 years
Made it illegal for the king to impose tax without parlimentary consent
Parliment passed a law forbidding the king to dissolve it without its consent
fiught for parliment
round heads
louis XIV will embark on a series of wars that will earn him the nickname
the chrisitan turk
the war of spanish succesion:
charles II, king of spain died, leaving no male heir. attempted to unify the french and the spanish crown, and controlled a vast empire
frederick william of honezavern, unlike louis he recognized
noble dominance over the land in exchange for state service
the contribution to absolutism in his realm was the
quadrupling of his army
faught for the king
cavaliers
levellers
wanted to level social differences and extend political participation to all male property owners
charles I was found guilty
of attempts to establish an unlimited and tyranny power
the cromwellian rump parliament then abolished the monarchy and the house of lords and set up a puritan republic known as the
commonwealth of england
