was most effective-democracy or absolutism- for the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe? During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there were two forms of government. The two forms of government were democracy and absolutism. Both of these forms of government were effective in their own ways. Absolutism though was the most effective during this time. Absolutism is when the ruler has unlimited power. Many rulers had a democracy government but absolutism was more effective because the
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Western Civilization from 1650 to the Present Dr. Edrene S. McKay Website: Online-History.org Phone: (479) 855-6836 ABSOLUTISM V. CONSTITUTIONALISM TWO MODELS OF GOV’T DECIDING FACTORS: Revenue Concerns Religious Factors Institutional Differences Personalities Social Concerns During the 17th century‚ France and England moved in two very different political directions. By the close of the century‚ after decades of civil and religious strife‚ ENGLAND had
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Enlightened absolutism was not a contemporary term to the European rulers it now describes. Consequently‚ interpretations of enlightened absolutists vary and are dependent on the time of analysis. The term was developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and since then its interpretation has evolved. The idea of enlightened absolutism‚ however‚ was observed and the principles were familiar in the second half of the eighteenth century among certain rulers. At first‚ the term was only applied
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form of absolutism in France; he is one of the monarchs who most influenced the history of France and Europe. The installation of his government and his court at Versailles occurred in 1682‚ where numerous alterations and expansions were undertaken. Versailles not only became the symbol of power but also was actually an instrument of power. The Palace of Versailles reflects the style and tastes of Louis XIV and the image he has of the functions of a royal: power‚ majesty and absolutism. The King
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In the Middle Ages‚ many parts of Western Europe were falling‚ but the Roman Catholic Church had risen up from the darkness and influenced almost all of Western Europe. In this period of time‚ the Church had so much religious‚ political and economic power. The Church would start by “forcing” the people of Western Europe to believe and participate in Church life by giving them an opportunity to an everlasting afterlife. Then‚ from those who came‚ the Church gained wealth from donations and other reasons
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Christian Europeans civilizations began to emerge in Western Europe. The Frankish rule the emerged from within Rome established a Christian state that lasted that was founded by Clovis and was continually passed down to the sons from the Merovingians founded by Clovis‚ the Carolingians led by Charles Martel and Pepin III‚ to the age of Charlemagne following Pepin’s death. Although Charlemagne’s empire was able to improve the status of Western Europe‚ after Charlemagne’s death divisions among the heirs
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and what were the factors leading to its decline in Western Europe? It can be argued that the end of Feudalism was due to many economic changes; mainly that of the change to a coin-based or monetary trade system‚ rather than that of labor in exchange for land. However‚ for the purpose of this essay‚ I will represent these factors as results of the decline of Feudalism‚ not the causes. The feudal system functioned throughout medieval Western Europe as a form of social‚ political‚ and economic organization
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1. Since Cardinal Richelieu is the first minister of the crown‚ he had a policy that build up to French Absolutism which was having total subordination from all groups and institutions to the French monarchy by breaking the power of the nobles. It was broken up by reshuffling the royal council. He was taking over Henry IV who died before 1624‚ Richelieu would continue the legacy by lowering taxes and revive the annual tax in order to restore public order in France and foundations for the economy
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FINAL ESSAY: THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT This essay will analyze and interpret some of the key events that took place during The War on The Eastern Front‚ which took place on June 22‚ 1941. After years of abiding by The Treaty of Versailles Germany decided to attack Poland marking the beginning of World War II between the axis powers of Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan and the main allied forces‚ which consisted of the Soviet Union‚ United States‚ and Britain. From 1939 to 1942 the axis powers were able
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World History Honors 11 October 2011 Louis XIV and Absolutism Over the past hundreds of years‚ many monarchs have used absolutism to rule over their nations. Louis XIV used absolutism to keep his subjects loyal to him. There were many different aspects in Louis’s absolutism including fear and power. Louis created different materialistic objects and created jobs and laws to keep many of his subjects loyal. He also had many different characteristics that would make different types of people loyal
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