Topic 12 Lesson 1&2 Vocab

a form of government in which a ruler has complete authority over the government and lives of the people he governs

• divine right

• absolute monarchy

• Charles V

• armada

idea that the ruler's authority came directly from God

• absolute monarchy

• balance of power

• divine right

• Louis XIV

Central European empire that lasted from the 1400s to the 1900s and at its height included the lands of the Holy Roman Empire and the Netherlands

• Versailles

• divine right

• armada

• Hapsburg empire

Served as king of Spain, was a strong supporter of the Roman Catholic counter-reformation. Under his rule, the Spanish empire was at its strongest, however he failed to control the Netherlands and invade England

• Philip II

• Charles V

• Louis XIV

• armada

master of Spanish painter who worked during Spain's golden age

• armada

• Louis XIV

• El Greco

• Charles V

French Protestants of the 1500s and 1600s

• versailles

• divine right

• Catholics

• Huguenots

law issued by French King in 1598 giving more religious freedom to French Protestants

• Charles V

• Henry IV

• Louis XIV

• Philip II

French king, considered to be the symbol of absolute monarchy

• Louis XIV

• Charles V

• Philip II

• Henry IV

official appointed by French king Louis XIV to govern the provinces, collect taxes and recruit soldiers

• versailles

• armada

• intendants

• Philip II

royal French residence and seat of government established by Louis XIV

• huguenots

• Versailles

• armada

• intendants