Absolute Monarchy It may help to think about what the word absolute means Hes an absolute jerk I asked for a cookie and she said Absolutely not The dictator has absolute power ID: 235896
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Age of Absolutism VocabularySlide2
Absolute Monarchy
It may help to think about what the word “absolute” means….
He’s an absolute jerk.
I asked for a cookie and she said, “Absolutely not!”
The dictator has absolute power.
Monarchy means they have who as a leader?Slide3
Absolutism
An ideology or theory..
Hint: Connect this with an absolute monarchy…
That government power should…
Besides the Kings in Europe, consider Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini…Slide4
Constitutional Monarchy
C
onstitutional?....that would mean that some of the power goes to…..?Slide5
Divine Rights of Kings
Does anyone remember the Mandate of Heaven from your unit last year on China? SAME THING
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Divine usually means heavenly.
The reason or rationale that Kings gave for why they were king and allowed all the power…..Slide6
Enlightenment
To enlighten: to give someone a greater knowledge or understanding…
A Movement: led by philosophers….
Topics:
Government
Slavery
Social Welfare (inequality)Women’s rights
Democracy?
Etc.
This movement scared two groups of people the most…The Church and Kings. Why? Slide7
Parliament
England it’s called Parliament
USA it’s called Congress
What do these groups do? How do they get into this position? Slide8
Glorious Revolution
England, 1688
King James II
Parliament was upset with King James II regarding laws and practices relating to religious tolerance between Catholics and Protestants.Slide9
Censure
During the Middle Ages, new ideas that challenged the teachings of the Church were censured.
During the Enlightenment many new ideas about government, education, women’s rights, and other improvements to life were censured by the King/monarch.
School’s sometimes act as a censure when it comes to books that are allowed in the library.Slide10