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THE WARS OF LOUIS XIV

THE WARS OF LOUIS XIV. War against the Spanish Netherlands 1667-1668 The Dutch War 1672-1678 The War of the League of Augsburg 1689-1697 The War of the Spanish Succession 1702-1713. WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF AUGSBURG 1689-1697. WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION 1702-1713.

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THE WARS OF LOUIS XIV

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  1. THE WARS OF LOUIS XIV • War against the Spanish Netherlands 1667-1668 • The Dutch War 1672-1678 • The War of the League of Augsburg 1689-1697 • The War of the Spanish Succession 1702-1713

  2. WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF AUGSBURG 1689-1697

  3. WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION 1702-1713

  4. War of the Spanish Succession • Last Spanish Habsburg – King Charles II – semi moron, impotent • Names the grandson of Louis XIV as his heir/successor • England, the Dutch Republic, Austrian Habsburgs, and some German states form an alliance • The war was fought in both Europe and in colonies • England emerges from the war as the big winner -> naval force

  5. THE DECLINE OF SPAIN • Starts the 17th century as a great power -> goes through a long decline • overspending/bankruptcy by the crown • outdated military • weak business class • nonproductive nobles • overly powerful catholic church • attempts at reform by Count Olivares under Philip IV -> fails • Spain loses in the Thirty Years’ War

  6. ABSOLUTISM IN CENTRAL, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN EUROPE • The Great Powers in Eastern Europe • PRUSSIA • AUSTRIAN HABSBURG EMPIRE • RUSSIA

  7. THE RISE OF BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA • Germany/HRE – remains divided into 300 small kingdoms • Brandenburg – kingdom around Berlin • Hohenzollerns – ruling family • The Duchy of Prussia • Brandenburg-Prussia • Frederick William, the Great Elector 1640-1688 • B-P is weak • Frederick William builds large, modern army • The General War Commissariat • The Junkers -> no taxes/new officer corps of army • Mercantilist economic policies • Elector Frederick III -> helps HRE in War of Sp. Succession -> is awarded title King Frederick I

  8. FREDERICK WILLIAM, THE GREAT ELECTOR Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm) (16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was the Elector of Brandenburg and the Duke of Prussia ("Brandenburg-Prussia") from 1640 until his death. He was of the House of Hohenzollern and is popularly known as the Great Elector (Der GroßeKurfürst) because of his military and political skill. Frederick William was also a staunch pillar of the Calvinist faith, associated with the rising commercial class. He saw the importance of trade and promoted it vigorously. The Great Elector's shrewd domestic reforms gave Prussia a strong position in the post-Westphalia political order of north-central Europe, setting Prussia up for elevation from duchy to kingdom, achieved under his successor.

  9. THE EMERGENCE OF AUSTRIA • Austrians lose the Thirty Years’ War • Create a new empire in the East • The new Austrian Habsburg Empire • Austria • Bohemia • Hungary • Austrians defeat Ottoman Turks -> gain Hungary • Treaty of Karlowitz • Gains control of Sp. Netherlands and S. Italy in the War of the Sp. Succession

  10. The Austrian Habsburg Empire • Multi-national and multi-ethnic

  11. EUROPE AT THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA

  12. ITALY -> weak and divided into city states and regions • In the 16th century and 17th centuries Spain dominates Italy • In the 18th century Austria will control Italy

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