PPT-Absolute Rulers of Russia

I can analyze different absolute rulers of Russia and analyze whether they were overall good or bad rulers Whats Different in Russia Russia Western Europe Labor Serfs are property Cannot leave the land. INTRODUCTION. In the Middle Ages, the power of kings had been limited by nobles, parliaments, and the Catholic Church. The. decline of feudalism, the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Commercial Revolution all helped enrich European society and increase the power of European monarchs (hereditary rulers). 16. th. – 18. th. Centuries. 1500s – 1700s. What is absolutism?. Absolutism is a form of government in which the monarch has total control.. When did absolutism develop in Europe?. 16. th. through 18. Please answer the following on your own piece of paper:. How did the research and writing process go for you?. 2. What was helpful?. 3. What would have made it better?. Definitions . Divine Right. : the idea that . Ieyasu. .. Vocabulary. : absolutism, Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Tokugawa . Ieyasu. Essential Question. : How did absolutism impact the world during the 17. th. and 18. th. centuries? . Absolutism. Geography of Europe. On the map on your desk, identify the numbered countries and bodies of water.. 1.)__________. 2.) __________. 3.) __________. 4.) __________. 5.) __________. 6.) __________. 7.) __________. Course book . by Ethel Wood. Question:. Using the documents, analyze the concepts that rulers had of themselves, as well as expectations that subjects had of their rulers, during the period from 1450 to 1750. Identify one additional type of document and explain briefly how it would help your analysis.. Essential Question- How much power should government have?. Review- Europe. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Western half of the empire fell into darkness .  The Dark Ages. What happened to the Eastern half of the empire?. Absolute Monarchy. Absolute monarchy is a form of monarchy where the power of the monarch is not limited by laws or a constitution.. Rule with Divine Right- selected by God to rule.. Answers to no one. Absolutism + Enlightenment Lesson 2: Absolute Rulers bellwork “The royal power is absolute …The prince need render account of his acts to no one...Without this absolute authority [he] could neither do good nor repress evil. It is necessary that his power be such that no one can hope to escape him...The prince...is not regarded as a prviate person: he is a public personage, all the state is in him; the will of all the people is included in his. As all perfection and all stregnth are united in God, so all the power of individuals is united in the person of the prince.” Absolutism Element : Examine absolutism through a comparison of the rules of Louis XIV, Tsar Peter the Great and Tokugawa Ieyasu . Vocabulary : absolutism, Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Tokugawa Ieyasu Chapter 21 Absolute Monarchs in Europe 1500-1800 Section 1 Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism pg. 589 - 595 Introduction to Absolutism Spain’s Powerful Empire Philip II comes to power in Spain Essential Question- How much power should government have?. Review- Europe. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Western half of the empire fell into darkness .  The Dark Ages. What happened to the Eastern half of the empire?. On . a page that will become page 36 in your notebook, copy down and answer the following questions:. What is an absolute monarch? What is divine right?. What country was Louis XIV the absolute monarch of?. Between 1500-1800 feudal leaders gave way to strong centralized power . Countries such as Spain, France and Russia became . absolute monarchies . where the King and Queen and complete authority over government and social matters .