Age of Absolutism

1. In what time period did the Age of Absolutism occur?

Explain what an absolute monarch / monarchy is.

What is the name of the ideology that absolute monarchs follow?

What are the three key components of absolutism? Explain each one in detail.

Who are Charles V’s grandparents?

Who is Charles V’s aunt?

Who was Charles V’s cousin and whom did she marry?

Who was Charles V’s son and whom did he marry?

Why did Charles V give up the Hapsburg throne and divide it?

To whom did Charles V give what countries and areas when he divided the Hapsburg Empire?