Age of Absolutism

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All power is vested in the hands of one person, usually a king or emperor.

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absolute monarchy

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The right of a king to rule was given by God.

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divine right

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Hapsburg emperor who divided his empire in half between his son and brother.

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Charles V

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Dynasty that restored stability to Russia in 1613.

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Romanov

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The tsar who began the Westernization of Russia.

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Peter the Great

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The tsar who successfully captured a warm-water port city for Russia.

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Catherine the Great

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Was NOT a major idea of the Enlightenment: superstition, science, reason, knowledge?

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superstition

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Believed in separation of powers.

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Montesquieu

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Believed in natural rights

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Locke

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Believed in free speech and hated religious fanaticism.

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Voltaire