First:Where We Have Been

Political Development

1. Formation of Nation States

2. Decline of Church power

3. Wars of Religion

Social/Economic Development

1. End of Feudalism

2. Expansion of Trade

3. Exploration

4. Beginning of Capitalism

5. Rising merchant middle-class

Cultural/Intellectual Development

1. Renaissance

2. Reformation

DQ#1: What were the contrasting political religious, and social conditions that led England

toward parliamentary monarchy while France became an absolute monarchy?

1. Political

England France

a) Parliament a) Estates General

b) Nobles active b) nobles inactive

c) Magna Carta c) Louis XIV

d) Stuarts distrusted d) Louis XIV revered

2. Religious

England France

a) Puritans opposed a) Louis XIV crushed

b) Stuart Monarchs b) Catholic support

c) Wanted to limit c) Revoked Edict of

Nantes

3. Social

England France

a) Nobles and landed b) Nobles believed

classes used ______ supporting the

to protect their power __________

at the local level would best

support their

interests.

DQ#2: Why was it ironic that France became an absolute monarchy and England

a limited monarchy by the end of 17th c.?• Because…at beginning of 17th c England

enjoyed a strong and supported monarchy under Elizabeth I while France…

• had endured a series of weak monarchs and a series of religious wars (think Catherine de Medici’s sons) AND

• Ironic b/c French nobles had strong armies – so should have been able to check Monarchial power.

Unit III: Constitutional vs Absolute Monarchy

I. What led to emergence of these 2 models?

a) Cost of warfare increased. Why?

b) Need for new sources of income. Why?

c) Absolute rule required…

II. What is an absolute monarchy?

1. ____________ form of government

2. Dominated by________________

3. Shares little power with any___________

a) needs to eliminate all

b) no courts to overrule

III. What is a parliamentary monarchy?

1. Monarch shares power with, usually, a

_____________________.

2. Forerunner to ________________ (separation of __________).

3. In England, the representative body is still the ___________________

IV. England & France deal with nobles differently

1. England

a) nobles and wealthy resisted

b) Stuart Monarchy distrusted. Why?

1)

2)

3)

2. France

a) nobility supported monarchy. Why?

b) parlements

c) Some money from taxes ended up in

V. Institutional Differences as Factors

1. Englanda) Parliamentb) Magna Cartac) Result? Political and Legal tradition

2. Francea) lacked tradition of _____________b) Estates General did not meet for______c) E.G. met only when summoned by_____

VI. Personalities as Factors

1. England and the Stuart Monarchs

2. France