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| "Salvation belongs to the Lord, everything else is my affair." |
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| Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740) |
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| Absolutism was the concept that monarchs held...? |
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| Supreme power and were responsible for their actions to God alone. |
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| The Age of Absolutism takes its name from...? |
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| A series of European monarchs who increased the power of their central government. |
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Development of a National State: factors uniting people into a nation? |
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a. Geography
b. Common Government - disintegration of Feudalism; Centralization of power
c. Common Language
d. Common customs and traditions
e. Sense of Nationalism: Devotion to the interests of one's own nation. |
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Three types of Monarchy? |
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a. Absolute - monarch has complete and total power (king not subject to law)
b. Limited - monarch has powers that are restricted by tradition; not written
c. Constitutional - monarch has restricted powers that are written, ie. a constitution |
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Rule by "divine right" (of the kings)? |
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a. based on the idea that the king ruled by God's authority as his earthly representative - king did not derive his authority from the people but from God.
b. used as an attempt to justify the unlimited power of the monarch (king) - obedience to the king was obedience to God; King could do no wrong. |
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| "Politics Drawn from the very words of Holy Scripture"? |
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