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1.- Absolulitism and the parliamentary system - Coggle Diagram
1.- Absolulitism and the parliamentary system
Absolutism: France Under
supported the belief
king held absolute power
over everyone
main proponents of absolutism
Jacquest Bossuet
-belief that kings had a divine right to power
Thomas Hobbes
believed that absolutism was the result of social pact
the authoritarian monarchies of some kingdoms
developed into absolute monarchies
Absolute monarchies
administrative decisions in the royal courts
permanent army of professional soldiers
an ideology defending the king’s supremacy over all others
royal treasury able to raise revenue
marginalisation of the courts
the courts and parliaments of kigdom
the rivalry sometimes resulted in submitting to a pact
it led to confrontations.
were sometimes resistant to the absolutist tendencies
Louis XVI of France
Fronde took place
was a series of civil wars
the nobility
cities
provinces with their parliaments
the king
the supporters
contruction of the Royal Palace of Versailles
Parliament System In England
after the victory of Parliamentarian
Charles was excused
a republic was declared
Cromwell's dictatorial leadership
when he died House of stuart returned to throne
James II
became king
tried to impose absolutism
led to a new confrontation with the Parliament
in the Glorious Revolution
ovethrown
Parliament chose Mary II/ William III of Orange
as new monarchs
were selected on the condition they would sign Bill of Rights
Stuart dinasty
estabilish absolute monarchy
cause the English Civil War
tried to disassociate itself from Parliament
power was controlled
parliaments
courts
happen in Venice/Dutch Republic such as England
limited the monarch's power
recognised the rights of the individual
estabilishment
constitutional/parlamentary monarchy
English Constitutional monarchy
Parliament
approved
laws
new taxes
controlled
government duties
the monarchs
submitted complaints to the monarchs
Monarch:
appointed the government
called Parliament into session
head of state
submitted laws
for approval
directed foreign policy
controlled
church of england
