5/19 Focus: 5/19 Focus: – Over time, French kings had increased royal power by increasing the influence of the government and reducing the power of nobles.
Absolutism in Europe. What is Absolutism? Sovereign authority (powers) of state in hands of king who ruled by divine right Sovereign authority (powers)
The Age of Absolutism. Absolutism ► Political theory that believed in the “Divine Right of Kings” (Monarchs received their authority from God). ► Bishop.
Age of Absolutism: King Louis XIV
Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Western Europe: 1589-1715.
The New Monarchs and the Religious Wars: Spain and Philip II
