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Agenda/Objectives
United Provinces of Netherlands differed than
the rest of Europe: - Religious tolerance - Republic not a kingdom * Each province had an elected governor,
whose power depended upon merchants and landholders.
The Independent Dutch Prosper
1636 – Dutch had the largest fleet in the world
– around 4,800 ships. Stability of government allowed people to
focus on economic growth. Merchants used other poor countries to
benefit.
Dutch Trading Empire
Dutch merchants brought Scandinavian
lumber to Spain and other countries struggling.
Dutch Trading Empire
Absolute Monarchs – kings or queens who
believed that all power within their state’s boundaries rested in their hands.
Divine Right – God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on earth.
These ideas are not new to the 1600s but grew increasingly popular.
Absolutism in Europe
Emerging from the Middle Ages led to the
decline of the Feudal system. Rise of cities and growth of national kingdom
helped to centralize authority.
Growing power of Europe’s Monarchs
Middle class typically back monarch. Why? - promise peaceful supportive climate for
business.
Church also lost power in the….? Reformation - Monarchs gained more power.
Growing power of Europe’s Monarchs
17th Century – Religious and territorial conflicts
led to continuous warfare. - State’s built large armies - Raised taxes
Revolts because of taxes. - Monarch’s responded by increasing their
power.
Crisis Leads to Absolutism
Free themselves from any limitations that
nobility and parliaments. - Most successful Louis XIV of France
Monarch’s goal
What happened between the Catholics and
Huguenots? - St. Bartholomew’s Day masacre
Religious wars create a crisis
Huguenot survived the massacred. Inherited the throne after Catherine and her
last son died. Became Henry IV.
Henry of Navarre
Many Catholics opposed him. Henry converted to Catholicism. 1598 – Established the Edict of Nantes
Henry of Navarre
Declaration of Religious freedom.
Henry dedicated his reign to restoring France’s prosperity.
1610 – Some people hated his religious tolerance and he was stabbed to death by a fanatic.
Edict of Nantes
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