Paragraph 3.4 - Absolute monarchies - 2024

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Paragraph 3.4 - Absolute monarchies 

At the end of the lesson you will know/be able to…

• what is an absolute monarch
• give two examples of absolute monarchs
• explain why Britain didn't get an absolute monarchy
• why the Republic was considered a threat to the monarchs of Europe

Absolute power

• Think: what is a synonym 'absolute', write down on your white board
• Pair: compare your synonym with the person sitting next to you
• Share: hold up your white board with your synonym

Centralisation

• Think: what is centralisation? Write it down on your white board
• Pair: discuss and compare your defintions
• Share: hold up your white boards
• How is centralistion connected to absolute power? Make exercise 2 a and c (WB 91)

Le droit divin (the divin right)

States General no longer advises or called together

High positions in the army to talented men, not just the noblilty

Edict of Nantes; catholicism only religion allowed

Make exercise 3 and 4 (WB 91-2)

Discuss 

Politics and economy

Read together TB 68 from 'Louis XIV also moved...'

How did mercantilism contributed to the absolute power of Louis XIV? 

THE HOUSE OF ROMANOV

That didn't go as planned

• Read together 'The Glorious Revolution in Britain) (TB 69-70)
• Charles I --> executed
• Charles II --> no legitimate sons
• James II --> with protestant wife two daughters, with catholic wife one son. Eldest daughter married to William III
• Glorious Revolution (1688)

The threat for monarchs

Read together '1672' (TB 70)

Make excerise 7, 8,9 and 12 (WB 94-5)