Increasing Power in the 17th Century Governmental systems in both France and England were greatly changing during the 17th Century. In England‚ absolute monarchies lost power while Parliament gained supremacy. France‚ on the other hand‚ saw Louis XIV strengthening his own offices and weakening both the Estates General and the local nobility. Absolutism‚ a political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler‚ was attempted by James I and Charles I of England‚ and Louis XIV of France
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Derek Gallagher November 18‚ 2013 Comparison of Two Extravagant Rulers in Superseded France AP Euro During the mid 16th century and 17th centuries‚ two tremendous rulers emerged in France. During the age of rule under both Henry IV and Louis XIV‚ France obtained an absolutist government‚ which the majority of citizens supported. Henry IV was more so a compromiser compared to Louis XIV who was at war the majority of his reign. King Henry IV clashes with the characteristics of King Louis
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Around the 17th and 18th centuries‚ political power was a main objective to all rulers. Many monarchs weren’t successful with their attempts to have absolute power‚ but Louis XIV did‚ and it was the longest reign in European history. Louis XIV noticed that the qualities to becoming an absolute monarch were to not let servants have too much authority‚ lowering the power of the nobility‚ and controlling religions in his kingdom. The main obstacle he saw of getting absolute rule was controlling the
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From 1638-1786‚ there were three absolute monarchs. Louis XIV‚ the sun king‚ built a splendid court at Versailles where he looked over the nobles. Peter the Great‚ the westernizer‚ changed Russia from a backward country into a great power. Finally‚ Frederick the Great‚ the enlightened despot‚ was full of tolerance and restraint and had good views on government. He improved Prussia many ways. Louis XIV increased his revenue by taxing‚ improving trade and commerce‚ and gave favors to the middle class
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FrenchBaroque. pg.719. 16. Claude Lorrain. Landscape with Cattle and Peasants. 1629. French Baroque. pg.72I. 17. Hyacinthe Rigaud. Louis )ilV. n}l. French Baroque. pg.7l4. 18. Mansart and Le 19. Frangois de Brun. Hall of Mirrors. Versailles. c. 1680. French Baroque. pg.716. 730.. Cuvillids. Hall of Minors‚ the Amalienburg. Early 18s c. Rococo. pg. 2}.Walteau. Pilgrimage to Cythera 21. Boucher. Cupid a Captive . 1717. Rococo. pg.732. . 1754. Rococo. pg.733. 22
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Firstly‚they were both autocrats‚in that all decisions of state had to be approved by them.Secondly‚they both wanted to curb the power of an ambitious nobility.However‚they achieved this aim differently; Louis made his court at Versailles the centre of power‚so the nobility had to spend all their time there if they wanted to have any influence.This kept them away from their own provincial power bases‚making it hard for them to plot against the king.Peter on the other hand tortured and murdered any
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The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were an era in which absolutism dominated the political systems of Europe. I strongly agree to this assessment. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were hard times in Europe. The Reformation produced a trail of conflict and difficulty as the implications of Reformation thought began to be imagined in areas outside of religion. In the latter half of the 1600’s‚ monarchial systems of both England and France were changing. In England‚ the move was away
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Absolute Monarchs were eithere kings or queens who controlled the complete way of life in the country they ruled. Absolutism is the rule of one person over any given thing. The two rulers that showed absolutism in the documents are Louis 14th and Peter the Great. They were both absolute monarchs and both ruled over large territories. An absolute monarch has both positive and negative affects as a system or government. One positive attribute is organization. In document eight‚ Louis the 14th
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his mind wandering. He was barely conscious on the thirty-first‚ and the prayers of the dying were said beside his bed. (Buranelli 185)” On September 1‚ 1715‚ a few days before what would have been his 77th birthday‚ Louis XIV died of gangrene in Versailles‚ France. Following Louis XIV’s death‚ his 5-year-old great-grandson‚ Louis XV‚ who was the last male heir of the Duc de Bourgogne‚ inherited the
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The Sun King and The Great: The Parallels of Power The greatness of a leader is most accurately measured in the manner in which they face challenges. The monarchs of the 17th century embodied many leadership practices that would be the foundations and bases for political greatness. Retention of power is always difficult‚ especially for absolute monarchs. Two of the most noted and lauded leaders of the 17th century‚ Louis XIV and Peter the Great‚ epitomized absolutism. The proverb goes that‚
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