ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES THE ENLIGHTENMENT Unit 4 Monarchy State

ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES & THE ENLIGHTENMENT Unit 4

Monarchy ◦ State or nation in which the supre me power is held by a monarch, or King or Queen ◦ There are different types of monarchies

Divine Right ◦ The idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on Earth. ◦ Absolute monarchs answered only to God, not to his or her subjects.

Spanish Golden Age ◦ During the 16 th and 17 th centuries, Spain experienced a golden age in the arts and became extremely wealthy because of its new American colonies

Tulip Mania ◦ Period in the Dutch Golden Age during which prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637. ◦ For four years, people took out loans and spent all savings on tulip bulbs. When the bulbs lost value, many Dutch families were left with nothing.

Louis XIV ◦ Most powerful ruler in French history

Versailles ◦ Grand palace built during Louis XIV’s reign, just outside of Paris ◦ Became the center of art and entertainment for the elite at this time. ◦ Estimated to be $2. 5 billion dollars in todays dollars, and it took 36, 000 people and 6, 000 horses to work on the project

Thirty Years War

Romanov Dynasty

Peter the Great

Parliament

Absolute Monarchy vs. Constitutional Monarchy

Scientific Revolution

Geocentric vs. Heliocentric Theory

Galileo Galilei

Philosophy

John Locke

Isaac Newton

Scientific Method

Enlightenment

Voltaire

Salons