| CHAPTER 15: Absolutism and
Constitutionalism, ca. 1589–1725 |
| I. Seventeenth-Century Crisis and Rebuilding |
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A. The Social Order and
Peasant Life |
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1.
Social Hierarchy |
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2.
Patriarchy |
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3.
The Textures of Village Life |
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4.
Diet |
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B. Famine and Economic
Crisis |
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1.
Economic Crisis |
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2.
Industry Decline |
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C. The Thirty Years’ War |
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1.
Tensions in the Holy Roman Empire |
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2.
Four Phases of the War |
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3. Peace of
Westphalia (1648) |
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D. Achievements in State-Building |
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1.
Common Goals |
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2.
Obstacles |
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3.
Growth of Central Authority and State Sovereignty |
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E. Warfare and the
Growth of Army Size |
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1.
Monarchical Control |
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2.
Professionalism |
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3.
Growth in Army Size |
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4.
Glory and Honor |
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F. Popular Political
Action |
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1. Popular Revolts |
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2. Urban Uprisings in France
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| II. Absolutism in France and Spain |
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A. The Foundations of
Absolutism |
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1.
Henry IV |
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2.
Cardinal Richelieu |
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3.
Cardinal Mazarin |
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4. The Fronde |
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B. Louis XIV (r.
1643–1715) and Absolutism |
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1.
Divine Right of Kings |
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2.
Louis’s Rule |
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3.
Repression of Protestants |
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4. Limits on
Louis’s Power |
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C. Life at Versailles |
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1.
Nobility |
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2.
Daily Life |
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3.
Patronage and Privileges |
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D. French Financial
Management Under Colbert |
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1.
Mercantilism |
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2.
Colbert’s Policies |
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3.
Mercantilism Abroad |
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E. Louis XIV’s Wars |
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1.
Marquis de Louvois |
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2.
Conquests |
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3. Defeats |
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4.
Financing the Wars |
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F. The Decline of
Absolutist Spain in the Seventeenth Century |
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1.
Decline in Trade |
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2.
Fiscal Crisis and Economic Ruin |
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3.
Military Defeats
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| III. Absolutism in Austria and Prussia |
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A. The Return of Serfdom
in the East |
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1.
Erosion of Peasant Liberties |
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2.
The Legal System |
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3.
Growth of Commercial Agriculture |
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B. The Austrian
Habsburgs |
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1.
Consolidation at Home |
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2.
Bohemia |
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3.
Hungary |
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C. Prussia in the
Seventeenth Century |
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1.
Hohenzollerns |
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2.
Junkers |
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3.
The Absolutist Solution |
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D. The Consolidation of
Prussian Absolutism |
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1.
Frederick William I |
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2.
The Prussian Army
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| IV. The Development of Russia and the Ottoman Empire |
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A. The Mongol Yoke and
the Rise of Moscow |
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1.
Mongol Rule |
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2.
Ivan III |
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3.
Tsars |
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B. The Tsar and His
People |
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1.
Ivan IV |
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2.
Cossacks |
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3.
The Time of Troubles |
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4.
The Romanov Dynasty |
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C. The Reforms of Peter
the Great |
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1.
Goals |
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2.
Reforms |
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3.
Achievements |
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D. The Growth of the
Ottoman Empire |
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1.
Ottomans |
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2.
Unique Model of State and Society |
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3.
Sultans
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| V. Alternatives to Absolutism in England and the Dutch Republic |
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A. Absolutist Claims in
England |
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1.
Queen Elizabeth I |
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2.
James I |
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3.
Charles I |
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B. Religious Divides and
the English Civil War |
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1.
Puritans |
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2.
The Royal Response |
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3.
The Long Parliament (1640–1660) |
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4. The Civil
War (1642–1649) |
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C. Cromwell and
Puritanical Absolutism in England |
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1.
Thomas Hobbes |
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2. Protectorate |
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D. The Restoration of
the English Monarchy |
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1.
Restoration |
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2. Charles II |
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3.
James II |
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E. Constitutional
Monarchy and Cabinet Government |
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1.
Glorious Revolution |
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2.
John Locke |
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3.
Age of Aristocratic Government |
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F. The Dutch Republic in
the Seventeenth Century |
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1.
The Dutch Republic |
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2.
Commercial Prosperity
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| VI. Baroque Art and Music |
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1. Baroque |
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2.
Origins |
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3.
Baroque Music |