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Ap Euro Absolutism and constitutionalism Questions and Answers
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Ap Euro Absolutism andconstitutionalism
absolute monarchy - answer A system of government in which the head of state is a
hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power
divine right of kings - answer the belief that the authority of kings comes directly from
God
limited monarchy - answer A monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution
king louis xiv - answer Absolute French monarch who reigned for seventy-two years.
versailles - answerA huge palace in France where almost all of the French Nobility lived.
It looked beautiful on the outside, but inside it was rotting and overcrowded.
tsar - answerFrom Latin caesar, this Russian title for a monarch was first used in
reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505). (pp. 340, 551)
serfdom - answerFeudal system, the use of serfs to work the land in return for
protection against barbarian invasions
defenestration of prague - answer(1618) The throwing of Catholic officials from a castle
window in Bohemia. Started the Thirty Years' War.
cardinal richelieu - answer(1585-1642) Minister to Louis XIII. His three point plan (1.
Break the power of the nobility, 2. Humble the House of Austria, 3. Control the
Protestants) helped to send France on the road to absolute monarchy.
Gustavus adolphus - answer(1594-1632) Swedish Lutheran who won victories for the
German Protestants in the Thirty Years War and lost his life in one of the battles.
edict of restitution - answer(1629) Emperor declared all church territories that had been
secularized since 1552 to be automatically restored to Catholic Church, An edict that
outlawed Calvinism and Lutheranism in many parts of Germany and prompted Sweden
to enter the Thirty Years' War. Emperor declared all church territories that had been
secularized since 1552 to be automatically restored to Catholic Church
peace of west phalia - answerEnded 30 year war. Established that the religion of the
king is the religion of the state
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