PPT-Absolutism & Constitutionalism

15891715 Chapter 16 Chapter Overview The 16 th C thru the 18 th C witnessed two contrary developments in western Eur Constitutional governments Eng amp Holland Absolutist governments France amp Spain. LOCKE. . vs. . Check out the e-lecture. Jacques . BOSSUET. Thomas . HOBBES. John . LOCKE. Divine Right . ABSOLUTISM. Philosophical . ABSOLUTISM. Philosophical & Biblical . CONSTITUTIONALISM. Jacques . AP European History. Ms. Tully. Crises of the 17. th. Century. “Little Ice Age” – bad harvests, starvation for lower classes. Economic crises – high food prices, inequitable wealth, recession. Ramraj. ESADE . Barcelona. 8 February 2013. Private Power Resurgent?. Privatization, State Capitalism, and the Future of Modern Constitutionalism. . background. mapping constitutionalism: states. , companies, and regulators in a post-national world. Hobbes (. 1588-1679. ). Leviathan . (1651). Characteristics of Absolute Rule:. Monarchs and Nobles (and Governments). Expanding State Structures. Absolutism and Warfare. Absolutism and Religion. Architecture and Art (and Propaganda and. The Age of Absolute Monarchs. LOUIS XIV and . IVAN the TERRIBLE. Absolutism. What?. It is an absolute leader.. A leader who has unlimited power.. These rulers do not share power with anyone.. There are no law making bodies:. authority. Divine Right: the doctrine that a monarch derives his or her power directly from God. Absolutism-Age of Kings. Weaken power of group that threatens . your. power the most .  the nobles. Unit 3. The Great European Witch-hunts . Witch. : . a person who hath conference with the Devil to consult with him or to do some act. . –Chief Justice Coke of England . 1550. -. 1680: approximately . Jacques . BOSSUET. Thomas . HOBBES. John . LOCKE. Divine Right . ABSOLUTISM. Philosophical . ABSOLUTISM. Philosophical & Biblical . CONSTITUTIONALISM. Jacques . BOSSUET. Thomas . HOBBES. John . LOCKE. Life in 17. th. -18. th. Century. Age of Crisis. Little Ice Age – Poor crop yields led to famine and disease. . Population decline. Increase in outrage over government actions. Religious Wars – Massive loss of life, destruction of economies. Kevin Hoang. Period 5. Seaport (Villa Medici). , Claude Lorrain. Ocean Voyage. , Charles Vaughn. How and to what extent did the Commercial Revolution transform the European economy and diplomatic balance of power in the period from 1650 to 1763?. Ca. 1589-1725. 17. th. Century Crisis and Rebuilding. “Age of Crisis”. Climate changes. Bitter religious divides. Government pressures and war. Hunger and population loss. The Social Order and Peasant Life. French Absolutism, Enlightenment, & Revolution Outcome: Absolutism & Absolute Monarchs Constructive Response Questions Summarize what an absolute monarch is and provide at least two concrete examples. 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 Dr. . Kwaku. Agyeman-Budu . CONSTITUTIONALISM. Aims of the Lecture. History of Constitutionalism. The concept of “Constitutionalism”. “Constitutionalism” in Ghana: A Brief Appraisal. QUESTIONS TO PONDER.