PPT-Absolute Monarchies and Enlightened Despots in Europe

15501800 France Absolute MonarchsLouis XIII amp Louis XIV Spain Absolute MonarchsPhilip II England Absolute Monarchs and Development of a Constitutional MonarchyTudors amp Stuarts Austria Enlightened DespotsMaria Theresa amp Joseph II. If something big happened at school, how would people find out??? How does information spread??. Bellringer. !!!. Objective: Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, monarchy, and absolutism.. Utilitarian Arguments. Theory of strong monarchies based on divine right continued into the 18th century. Utilitarian arguments allowed monarchs to keep their power. Included:. Maintenance of the laws. The Enlightened Despots. A group of rulers in central and eastern Europe. Favorable reaction to Enlightenment. Some freedom, but they’re still in charge. “Absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change”. Enlightenment and Absolute monarchy. Until the 1700s, people in general had accepted the rule of absolute monarchs.. The exception was England, where, beginning in 1215 with the Magna . Carta. , the rights of the monarchy had been limited.. Enlightened Absolutism. Overview. Philosophes. believed in natural rights. Equality before the law. Freedom of religious worship. Freedom of speech and press. Right to assemble. Right to hold property. Enlightened Absolutism. Overview. Philosophes. believed in natural rights. Equality before the law. Freedom of religious worship. Freedom of speech and press. Right to assemble. Right to hold property. Chapter 13 Section 4. The English Monarchy. Anglo-Saxon England: . Alfred the Great: . King of Sussex in southern England. Vikings invaded, conquered several small kingdoms. Never conquered all of England. 15. c. – 16. c. Ms. Susan M. Pojer. Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY. Characteristics of the New Monarchies. They offered the institution of monarchy as a guarantee of law and order.. They proclaimed that hereditary monarchy was the legitimate form of public power . Case study: Catherine II (the Great). . of Russia (r. 1762-96). Catherine . the Great:. German Princess Sophie. 1745 Married to Peter Romanov. 1762 Peter becomes . tsar. . Peter III, but. . deposed. Catherine installed. Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, Joseph II, enlightened despotism. Evaluating . “. Enlightened Absolutism. ”. To what extent did Enlightenment ideas influence monarchs of the time?. Is . European States, International Wars, and Social Change. Overall Trends. 18. th. century = 1715-1789 (end of Louis XIV to French Revolution) . This also is the Enlightenment. . Last era of OLD ORDER based on kings, landed aristocracy, agrarian-based existence (3 estate system). : (Louis XIV of France). Despot. - a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power. An . Absolute Monarchy. . is . a king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society. . Absolute and relative white cells count Absolute value (leukocytes/mm 3 = Total leukocyte count ( cells/mm 3 X Relative value(%) Example: Total leukocyte count = 6000 Segmented forms (relative no.) = 50 % 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?.