PPT-12.1- Absolute Rulers and Enlightened Despots

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. 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). Reminder: Louis XIV Historical Postcard due on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. Date your papers:. Block Days. : Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 23, 2011. Monday, September 26, 2011. Tuesday, September 27, 2011. 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.. 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”. Please get out your Course Overview Signatures for Ms. Barben to check.. Please date all your papers. :. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Thursday, September 1, 2011. Friday, September 2, 2011. Tuesday, September 6, 2011. 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.. 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.. 1550-1800. France: Absolute Monarchs-Louis XIII & Louis XIV. Spain: Absolute Monarchs-Philip II. England: Absolute Monarchs and Development of a Constitutional Monarchy-Tudors & Stuarts. Austria: Enlightened Despots---Maria Theresa & Joseph II. folder. . alone. !. Objective:. I can prove that Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, monarchy, and absolutism.. Enlightenment and Absolute monarchy. Until the 1700s, people in general had accepted the rule of absolute monarchs.. Chapter 5 section 2. Define the terms below:. Censorship. Salon. Enlightened despot. Baroque. R. ococo. Enlightenment Ideas Spread . Read Setting the Scene on page 149 as well as the Global Connections section. Catherine the Great of Russia. Frederick the Great of Prussia. Joseph II of Austria. Essential Question: . Discuss and Explain the ways in which the Enlightenment ushered in a new political age in 18. : (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. . 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.