Warm-up

• List me 2 causes of exploration and 2 effects of exploration.

• After examining in previous units what makes a good prince (ideas of Machievelli) and what makes a good leader, list qualities a king needs to possess to be a great king.

Age of Absolutism1600-1700s Chpt 21 Sect 1-3

Absolutism • King with total power.• They possessed control over all aspects of society

Absolutist Policies• policies made without the consent of the governed, and are designed to maintain or centralize their power.•Rule by this idea of Divine Right- the idea that god created the monarchy and the monarch acted as God’s representative on Earth.

What might have caused this era of very powerful kings?

• Religious and territorial conflicts created fear and uncertainty

• The growth of armies to deal with conflicts caused rulers to raise taxes to pay troops.

• Heavy taxes led to additional unrest and peasant revolts.

Young Louis XIV Personal Qualities

• 22 years old• short- 5’5” wore high heeled shoes to increase height to seem imposing

“L’etat, c’est moi”

• “I am the state.”

• King Louis XIV – the “Sun King”

• Source of all political authority in France

absolutist policies:

• weakens authority of nobles by excluding them from council (meetings)

• gives jobs to intendants – poorer people that depend on his money that will remain loyal (jobs like collecting taxes)

• Ended religious freedom issued by Edict of Nantes – Protestants prosecuted

• Heavy taxes w/o approval • Wars to expand empire and increase wealth- goal was to make

France self-sufficient• large army to symbolize strength and put down internal and external

opponents• Encouraged people to migrate to Canada. Why?• – patron of arts to glorify himself

- preaches divine right - right to rule from God

Louis XIII’s Old ChateauLouis XIII’s Old Chateau

Versailles Versailles Living Quarters

Palais de VersaillesPalais de Versailles

Palais de VersaillesPalais de Versailles

5,000 acres of gardens

The OrangeryThe Orangery

….1,000 orange trees planted b/c Louis loved oranges

Hall of

Mirrors

Hall of

Mirrors

Louis XIV’s ChapelLouis XIV’s Chapel

Louis and the Arts

• Versailles was the center of the arts during Louis’s reign

• He made ballet and opera more popular• He even danced the title role in the ballet

“The Sun King”• No longer was the purpose of art to glorify

God (middle ages), or human potential(Renaissance) but it was to glorify who….

• In the early days of Versailles, fountain guards were ordered to whistle when Louis XIV approached, so that the fountains could be fully turned on.

• A hat and a sword could be hired at the front gate in order to be properly attired to visit the Grand Apartment. Monks were not allowed in.

• Thefts were frequent at Versailles, despite the guards and staff. Once during the king's levee the royal doctor had his watch stolen.

• A secret passage ran from the queen's private cabinets to those of the king. It enabled Marie-Antoinette to escape revolutionary rioters in October 1789.

Peter the Great Peter the Great (r. 1682-1725) (r. 1682-1725)

• tall 6’5” imposing stature• European dress, like France

Personal Qualities

Absolutist Policies

Forced Westernization• Forced Russian nobility to

adopt western (European) customs

• Western European clothing (short coats)— no caftan

• no beards – or taxed• women ordered to attend

parties

Absolutist policies

• Peter took control of Orthodox Church (doesn’t want to compete with church)

• Lessened power of nobles by giving government jobs to poor that would be loyal to him b/c depend on him for money

• Built large army =power

• Heavy taxes w/o consent of anyone

Russian Boyars

Russia & Sweden After the Russia & Sweden After the Great Northern WarGreat Northern War

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Angliyskaya_Enbankment_SPb.jpg

Peterhof “Russian Versailles”

Living Quarters:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Peterhof_summer.jpg

French-style interior

Warm-up

Brainteasers 1• Use the clues to change one letter

in each word to make a new word. If you do it correctly, the first word will the same as the last word.

LAKE

________ not on time________ despise________ head coverings________ punches________ small pieces________ do with your teeth ________ ride this ________ in the oven________ body of water

Brainteaser 2

In Japan…• Civil War shattered Japan’s

old feudal system• The country collapsed into

chaos• Power shifted from the Shogun

to territorial lords• Shogun- Military leader• Samurai= Knights• Daimyo= Lords• Emperor becomes a figure

head with no actual power

Oda Nobunaga

• Brutal and ambitious daimyo

• Comes in and defeats rivals and seizes the capital of Kyoto

• “Rule the empire by force”

• Not able to unify Japan, but kills many rival daimyo for control of Edo

• He committed seppuku, the ritual suicide of a Samurai

Tokugawa Ieyasu

• Loyal to friends, not well liked by most

• Feared and respected

Personal Qualities

Absolutist Policies• Unifies Japan• Moves Capital to Edo• Expanded territory and gained ¼ of all rice

producing territory which made him rich• Alternate Attendance Policy - Daimyo forced to

live in capital Edo for part of year, and when left he had to leave his family behind as hostage.

• forced daimyo into labor• Wanted to keep daimyo disorganized and weak

Edo Castle largest donjon (tower) in Japan

Daimyo were forced to help pay for this projectAll surrounding hills were leveled and the bay was filled in!Daimyo sent 3,000 ships for years to get enough large stone for Ieyasu

Persecution• Ieyasu traded with Europeans, part of that

included having Christian missionaries come over and spread Christianity

• Christians scorned native Japanese beliefs

• He bans Christianity and focuses on ridding the country of Christians

• He persecutes Christians

Isolationism

• Probably one of the most influential policies Tokugawa Ieyasu issued was Isolationism

• They sealed the borders and instituted a “closed country policy”

ConclusionSimilarities• All rise to power after years of warfare

(better to have strict dictator than chaos and war)

• Built strong armies• All raise heavy taxes• Expanded territory• Created a strong centralized power• Brought nobility under control • Drew advisors from middle class• Encouraged better manufacturing and trade• Brought church under gov’t control• Did not allow religious toleration