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Absolute Monarchs

Absolute Monarchs. Main Political Goals Centralization of Power Prior to Richelieu Feudalistic society that would often try and overthrow the king with the help of the nobles. Removal of Political Power of the Nobility

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Absolute Monarchs

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  1. Absolute Monarchs

  2. Main Political Goals • Centralization of Power • Prior to Richelieu • Feudalistic society that would often try and overthrow the king with the help of the nobles. • Removal of Political Power of the Nobility • Destruction of castles besides the necessary defenses used to defend from invaders. Cardinal Richelieu

  3. Religious Goals • Controlling the Huguenots • Controlled a significant military force and was in rebellion. • King Charles of England pledged support for the Huguenots. • Attack at La Rochelle • Richelieu was able to defeat them at La Rochelle after a long year. • Groups agreed to religious protection, but to relinquish political rights. Cardinal Richelieu

  4. Foreign Policy • Controlling of the Hapsburg Dynasty Expansion • Responded by Sending French Army into Northern Italy to Remove Hapsburg interests. Cardinal Richelieu

  5. Daily Life • Censorship of the Press • Created Network of Internal Spies • No Discussion of Politics Public Assemblies • Executions and Prosecutions for Detractors Cardinal Richelieu

  6. Religious Policy • The banning of the Protestant teachings. • Ministers were forced to convert. • Schools and institutions banned • Forced Baptism • Places of Worship Destroyed • Result • 200,000 Huguenots left taking their skills, commerce and trade with them. (Economic Disaster) • Papal Power Reduced • The Popes decisions and decrees were not valid without the approval of the monarch. Louis XIV

  7. Political Goal • Lessen the Power of the Nobility • Commoners would fill government positions while nobles would be reduced to court life. • Commoners were easy to control and their loyalty easier to influence. • Taxes were removed on the nobility which caused the lower class to burden a heavy tax load. • Nobility • Were given menial tasks and expected to complete them. • Helping the King Change • Carrying Candle Sticks • Attending Balls Louis XIV

  8. Daily Life • The King was more concerned with limiting the power of the nobility, fighting wars for political gain, and building lavish palaces. • The country had a heavy financial burden placed on the poor which caused Louis XIV to lose popularity. Louis XIV

  9. Palace at Versailles

  10. Political Goals • Keep a Strong Standing Army • Exempted the Nobility from Taxes and Gave Control Over the Peasants • Encouraged the immigration of French Huguenots which increased the industrial skills of the nation. Fredrick William I

  11. Centralizing Prussia • Replaced Military Service with a Tax • Established Primary Schools • Budget Conscious • Conserved spending if it did not concern the military. • Created a surplus in the treasury and a powerful army. • Encouraged • Farming, reclaiming of marshes, stored grain and sold it when necessary. Frederick William I

  12. Foreign Policy • FIGHT FIGHTFIGHT • The use of the strong Prussian Army to achieve the objectives of the King was prevelent. • War of Austrian Succession • Seven Years War Frederick the Great

  13. Government Policy • Created high taxes on international trade and protected the trade of his own country. • Agriculture and new crops were introduced to support the country. • He changed the tax system to indirect and removed methods of torture as a means of punishment. Frederick the Great

  14. Political Goals (Peter) • Centralized Local Government • Eastern Orthodox Church was under Control of the Government • Taxed the Nobility and Gave them Control over the Peasants. • Westernizing of Russia • Russians went to Europe to study academics. • Ship Building and Naval Warfare • Women were required to attend social gatherings and men should shave their beards. Peter and Catherine the Great

  15. Catherine • All people should be treated as equal. • Wanted to give more freedoms to the peasants until a revolt changed her mind. Peter and Catherine the Great

  16. Early Policies • Revised Law Code • Growth of the Army • Establishment of Trade Routes • Changes • Took lands of the nobles under his control and gave them to his loyal supporters. • Created a secret police to terrorize non supporters. • Restricted the movement of the peasant class. Ivan the Terrible

  17. Later Reign • Tried to Capture Poland and other areas to open Russia up to the West. (Failed)Lost Mental Stability • Fasted and Prayed one week and then Maimed and Killed Another. • Ivan sacked and burned the city of Novgorod and tortured, mutilated, impaled, roasted, and otherwise massacred its citizens. • Loyal Supporters Turned into Murderous Thugs Against the Nobility and Peasants Ivan the Terrible

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