Aristocratic Rulers
Osvaldo Sanchez
Sept. 29, 2014
Global History Prior to the Neolithic Revolution, people were Hunter-gathers who did not stay in one place long enough to require any form of government. When civilizations began to develop, the needs for control and order arose. Many forms of government were implemented to run a complex society such as, an oligarchy, democracy, communist, dictatorship, and quite frequently absolute monarchies. These types of government can either help and strengthen a nation or harm and divide it. Autocrats dominated Europe form the 1500’s until the 1700’s, some of the most notable autocrats were Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, Charles V of the holy Roman Empire, and Shin Huangdi Of China. Peter the Great of Russia and King Louis XIV of France are two of the most famous autocrats that ever lived because they made their nation more powerful and advance than before. Peter the Great was one of the greatest reformers in Russian history bringing about dramatic change in values and institutions. He stressed the importance of the education and opened colleges throughout his nation where anyone could attend base on their merits. Peter took many actions that proved he was in fact and absolute monarch. Document 5, an excerpt titled “The Revolutionary Tsar” by Peter Putnam says “The introduction of the Table of Ranks attempted to reduce the influence of the old aristocracy by offering the privileges’ of the of nobility to anyone who served the state.” This shows that Peter had so much power to himself that he challenged the nobles and took away their powers, something no one else but a monarch could achieve.
Another autocratic ruler was King Louis XIV of France, King Louis fit perfectly for the characteristics of an autocratic ruler. Louis limited the nobility, he used the military to increase his power, tried to control religion constructed palaces for himself and the nobility. To limit the nobility he built
Sept. 29, 2014
Global History Prior to the Neolithic Revolution, people were Hunter-gathers who did not stay in one place long enough to require any form of government. When civilizations began to develop, the needs for control and order arose. Many forms of government were implemented to run a complex society such as, an oligarchy, democracy, communist, dictatorship, and quite frequently absolute monarchies. These types of government can either help and strengthen a nation or harm and divide it. Autocrats dominated Europe form the 1500’s until the 1700’s, some of the most notable autocrats were Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, Charles V of the holy Roman Empire, and Shin Huangdi Of China. Peter the Great of Russia and King Louis XIV of France are two of the most famous autocrats that ever lived because they made their nation more powerful and advance than before. Peter the Great was one of the greatest reformers in Russian history bringing about dramatic change in values and institutions. He stressed the importance of the education and opened colleges throughout his nation where anyone could attend base on their merits. Peter took many actions that proved he was in fact and absolute monarch. Document 5, an excerpt titled “The Revolutionary Tsar” by Peter Putnam says “The introduction of the Table of Ranks attempted to reduce the influence of the old aristocracy by offering the privileges’ of the of nobility to anyone who served the state.” This shows that Peter had so much power to himself that he challenged the nobles and took away their powers, something no one else but a monarch could achieve.
Another autocratic ruler was King Louis XIV of France, King Louis fit perfectly for the characteristics of an autocratic ruler. Louis limited the nobility, he used the military to increase his power, tried to control religion constructed palaces for himself and the nobility. To limit the nobility he built