This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 15 min
Items in this lesson
Absolutism
Slide 1 - Slide
Activity
You have 5 minutes to draw your image of the perfect leader.
You need to include:
The leader
5 items/symbols included in the picture that demonstrate what it is about these leaders that made them perfect
Slide 2 - Slide
The Theory of Absolutism
European monarchs tried to take the authority to rule without ANY limits.
Goal: to control all aspects of society
Slide 3 - Slide
Slide 4 - Slide
Divine right of kings:
the idea that God created the monarchy and the monarchy acted as God’s representative on earth.
The king answered only to God and not the people
Slide 5 - Slide
What is an absolute monarch
Slide 6 - Open question
Explain what the divine right of king is
Slide 7 - Open question
What is the order of power under the divine right of kings?
A
King-God -People
B
God-King-People
C
God-People- King
D
People-King-God
Slide 8 - Quiz
In the theory of the divine right of kings, to whom is the king accountable for his actions?
A
the people
B
Parliament
C
God
D
No one
Slide 9 - Quiz
Look at the about 3 meters high and 2 meters wide painting of Louis XIV, painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1701 on behalf of the king. Write down your first impressions of the painting.
Slide 10 - Slide
First impressions
Slide 11 - Mind map
"L'État, c'est moi!"
Louis XIV : "L'État, c'est moi!" *- "I am the state!" - what motto could be under the image of today's "ruler"?
*the specific quote seems to have been a later invention to summarize his approach to ruling, rather than something he directly said.
Slide 12 - Slide
What motto could be under the image of a ruler today?