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11.1 Absolutism and parliamentary system - Coggle Diagram
11.1 Absolutism and parliamentary system
Absolutism France under Louis XIV
Throughout the 17th century
Authoritarian monarchies of some kingdoms developed
Became absolute monarchies
They supported that the king held absolute power on everybody
Absolute monarchies
An ideology defending the king's supremacy over all others
Growing centralisation of political and administrative decisions in the royal courts
A permanent army of profesional soldiers under the orders of the king
A royal treasury able to raise revenue
Marginalisation of the courts and parliaments
The courts and parliaments of kingdoms
Were sometimes resistant to absolutist tendencies of the monarchs
It sometimes led to confrontations
The most representative example of an absolut monarch
Louis XIV of France
This was a series of civil wars
Later
Louis XIV ordered the construction of a great Royal Palace of Versailles
Were the royal court would be based
Parliamentary system in England
Unlike the French system there were other territories
Where monarch's power was controlled by courts and parliaments
This led to a new confrontation with the Parliament
The Glorious Revolution
The new monarchs were selected on the condition that they would sign the Bill of Rights
Which limited the monarch's power and recognised the rights of the individual
This led to a establishment of a constitutional or parliamentary monarchy
Monarch
Was the head of state
Called Parliament into session
Appointed the government
Submitted laws for approval
Directed foreign policy
Controlled the Church of England
Parliament
Controlled the monarchs
Approved laws
Approved new taxes
Controlled government duties
Submitted complaints to the monarchs
