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Age of Absolutism
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01/29/2012

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Charles V
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Charles I renamed himself this when he took over the Holy Roman Empire and the Netherlands; a devout Catholic which caused problems; gave up empire and went into monastery
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Philip II
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reigned for 42 years; expanded Spanish influence; strengthened the Catholic Church; devoted his time to government work; was an absolute monarch; said he ruled by divine right; prepared a huge armada to defeat Elizabeth (Spanish Armada)
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Miguel de Cervantes
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most important writer of Spain's golden age; wrote Don Quixote which made fun of medieval tales of chivalry
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Henry IV
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a Huguenot prince; fought against fierce Catholic opposition to gain control of France
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Louis Xiii's chief minister; he strengthened France's government; defeated the Huguenots and nobles
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Louis XIV
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inherited the French throne in 1643 at the age of five; believed in his divine right to rule; hired tax collectors to pay for his government
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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Louis XIV's brilliant finance minister; imposed mercantilist policies to bolster the economy; put high tariffs on imported goods
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James I
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the first Stuart monarch; agreed to rule according to English laws and customs, but changed and ruled with divine right
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Charles I
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behaved like an absolute monarch; fought with Parliament; was an enemy of Puritans; his supporters were called Cavaliers
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Oliver Cromwell
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a Puritan member of the lesser gentry; a skilled general who led the Roundheads against the Cavaliers in the English Civil War; became the leader of the new Commonwealth of England
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Ferdinand
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the Catholic Hapsburg king of Bohemia; he sought to suppress Protestants to assert royal power over nobles; elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1619
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Maria Theresa
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Charles VI's daughter; first woman to be recognized as a ruler; pleaded with other countries to help her in wars
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Ferderick William I
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Prussian ruler in 1713;gained loyalty of nobles; created one of best armies in Europe
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Frederick II
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preferred playing the flue and writing poetry over training for war; eventually became a brilliant leader
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Peter the Great
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leader who put Russia on the road to becoming a great modern power; was 10 when he took the throne; learned about the empire by walking around the neighborhoods
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Catherine the Great
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a German princess by birth; became ruler of Russian after Peter the Great; an efficient, energetic empress; embraced Western ideas ; a ruthless absolute monarch
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