centuries of Europe‚ two nations‚ specifically France and England saw great changes in their forms of government and means of authority. After the death of Henry IV‚ France saw a great step towards absolutism with the work of Cardinal Richelieu‚ who was the advisor to King Louis XIII. He decreased the power of the Huguenots by taking away their military and political powers and also increased the taille‚ the annual tax by the Church to the public. England also saw changes to their government as the
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17th Century Absolutism in France Throughout the reign of the Bourbon dynasty of France‚ a distinct form of government known as absolutism developed‚ hoping to counteract the intensifying religious conflicts and the social fragmentation in Europe. Within the rule of the great Henry IV of Navarre‚ his son Louis XIII‚ and the prominent Louis XIV‚ the supreme authority of the monarch of France expanded exponentially‚ bringing about stability‚ prosperity‚ and public order. And through an unsettled
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ORIGINS OF NATIONALISM IN FRANCE In terms of the origins of national identity in France it is agreed that the French Revolution was the single most important period of radical social and political upheaval and was henceforth a catalyst for the spread of nationalism in France aswell as throughout the rest of Europe. Despite the fact the French Revolution occurred over 200 years ago‚ in present day France‚ there remain various symbols of the revolution which have become deeply embedded in the national
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course of the seventeenth century‚ a new political regime spread across Europe known as absolutism. Before absolutism came into place‚ the sixteenth century had been full of chaos and wars as a result of various levels of governments sharing the power to make decisions‚ and the therefore constant splitting of countries over how to best act when faced with a crisis‚ resulting in countries such as Spain‚ England and France all undergoing their own civil wars. To try and combat this‚ several rulers decided
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Growth of European Nation-States THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE * Francis I (Valois): Rival of the HRE and Charles V‚ unsuccessfully battled to weaken Habsburgs. * Concordat of Bologna: Granted the Pope right to collect the first year’s revenue from the Church offices in return for the ability to nominate high officials in the French Churchnationalized the church and increased the power of the monarchy * Francis I and Henry II (his successor) were opposed to any reform
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died at the turn of the century‚ James I took the throne of England and took absolutism with him. He and the next five successors would oversee the growth of England from an erratic‚ absolutist monarchy to a working‚ stable Constitutional monarchy. France was not fortunate enough to experience such growth. In contrast‚ it experienced great decline because the country did not evolve and continued with absolutism even a century after England had proven that type of governing was not effective. There
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period absolutism and absolutism were helping nations develop but in very different ways‚ resulting in the following nations to adapt very different ways of thinking and keeping control of their nation. Differences such as England and Netherlands having much more success commercial than France and Spain. These two systems both had areas they succeeded greatly in but also areas that they failed in. Within that scenario the opposing model (constitutional or absolutism) would usually succeed.
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beginning‚ England was strictly a place of Absolutism. Gradually‚ it transitioned into a Constitutionalism. On the other hand‚ Russia remained an Absolutism and flourished under their monarch. In England‚ Queen Elizabeth was the first monarch to majorly change the country. She changed the religion of England back to the Anglican Church‚ after Mary was very against Protestants. She got rid of all the anti-Protestant legislation that Mary passed and made it alright for Protestants to live in England openly
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The governments of England and France differ greatly in many ways such the following: they are two completely different forms of government‚ absolutism and constitutionalism‚ but they are in many ways similar partly because they both began as absolutist forms of government. Absolutist France was a form government run by one person who had almost full control over everything‚ and Constitutionalist England was run by a number of people with a great deal of power. Even the rulers were required to
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During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ England had many rulers who held varying religious beliefs. These competing religious ideologies tore England apart. Issues such as the divine right of kings‚ the conflict between the English Monarchy‚ and the Protestant Reformation would all lead England to rule with a parliamentary monarchy. The Protestant Reformation (1517-1618) was a great religious movement that began in Germany and spread through Northern Europe. At this time‚ the medieval Roman
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