Chapter 16 Study Guide Flashcards
First modern European power
Spain
Hapsburg empire
Included holy roman empire and netherlands
Philip II
A Spanish absolute monarch that strengthened the catholic church asserted that he ruled by divine right saw himself as a guardian for the roman catholic enforced religious unity and persecuted protestants
Absolute monarch
Ruler with complete authority over government and lives of the people he or she governs
most main countries of the time( France , Spain, England)
Divine right
Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God
Armada
Fleet of ships
Who granted toleration of the French Protestants
Henry IV
Court ceremony celebrating the kings rising
Levée
Immense palace of Louis XIV
Versailles
French Protestants
Huguenots
Royal officials under Louis XIV
Intendant
A group called _____ wanted to “purify” the church of England of catholic practices
Puritans
A small group of advisers to the king became known as ____
Cabinet
The leader of the roundheads, ____, was a skilled general who mlater led the English Commonwealth
Oliver Cromwell
In a _____, power is defined and limited by law
Limited monarchy