Absolutism inEastern Europe

NeifferAP European History @ CHS

Prussia:The House of Hohenzollern

Frederick William:The Great Elector

• 1640-1688

• “The Great Elector”

• Junkers

Frederick I:“The Ostentatious”

• The War of the League of Augsburg/The War of Spanish Succession

Frederick William I:“The Soldiers King”

• 1713-1740

• Sparta of the North!

Russia:The Great Empire Emerges

Ivan III:“Ivan the Great”

• 1442-1505

• Third Rome

Ivan IV:“Ivan the Terrible”

• 1553-1584

• Times of Troubles

Michael of Russia/Michael Romanov

• 1613-1645

• “Old Believers”

Peter of Russia:Peter the Great

• 1682-1725

• Lover of all things Western!

• Revolt of the Strelski

• Great Northern War (1700-1721)

• Table of Ranks

• St. Petersburg/The Winter Palace