Charles II, Europe and ‘popery’ Gabriel Glickman.
Eliminated inefficiency and corruption Still a heavy tax burden on bourgeoisie, peasantry and working class Reduced nobilities influence in Local.
Louis XIII to Louis XIV. The belief that the monarch of a country is a representative of God, and as such should have complete power. Countries with absolute.
The Age of Absolutism. Absolutism ► Political theory that believed in the “Divine Right of Kings” (Monarchs received their authority from God). ► Bishop.
1/7-8 HISTORY of EUROPE
3+Absolutism
Sir Christopher Wren, 1632-1723 Astronomer, geometer, mathematician, ARCHITECT 1666 – Great Fire of London 51 churches St. Paul’s Cathedral Charles II.
Absolutism
Sir Christopher Wren, 1632-1723
Louis 1661-1715 and Peter 1682-1725
France becomes the Envy of Europe
