1. ABSOLUTISM AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
Absolutism: france under Louis XIV
The parliamentary system in england
They thought that god told them tham they should rule
Jacques Bossuet and Thomas Hobbes suported this idea
Absolut monarchies
A permanent army
A royal treasury
Growing centralisation of political and administrative decisions
Marginalisation of the courts
Defend the kings supremacy
Example of an absolut monarchie
Louis XIV France, he made civil wars
Then he ordered to build him a palace
Information
English constitutional monarchy
Monarch
Parlyament
Submited laws
Approved laws
Approved new taxes
Controlled goverment duties
Submited complains to monarchs
Controlled the monarchs
Directe foreign policy
Helped the goverment
Parliament into session
Head of state
Controlled the England church
The english parliament
Consisted in two Chambers, called houses
Chambers
The House of Lords
House of commons
Representatives of the kingdom’s cities and counties.
Countries most important nobelmen and bishops
When the civil war finished, Oliver Cromwell won. After his death Stuart dinasty took the lead (James II). This led to a new revolt that caused a Revolution.
When James II died, Maria took the lead (his daughter). A new law called Bill of Rights was created which limited the monarchs power.
In England the power of the monarch was controlled by courts and parlyaments. The Stuart dinasty tried to create an absolute monarchy and caused the civil war