HIST 1003 Chapter : Exceptions To Absolutism
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Question: which one had a long, concerted effort to make absolutist rule: the english exception. James i and charles i, 1603-1642: a period of increasing crisis because of, religious issues, political issues sovereignty, resisted by noblemen, wealthy commoners, etc. English civil war (1642-1649: beheading of charles i, england embarked on an experiment- government with a king, parliament will rule. The commonwealth and protectorate: parliament can"t gain control, charles ii doesn"t work, brothers, oliver cromwell makes himself dictator, 1660 england asks the old reigning family to come back. The glorious revolution of 1688 = resolution: by protestant daughter mary and her husband william, parliamentary sovereignty established. The exception: the people are in charge, they are restricted. Question: in england, the resolution to the century of crisis came with the. The dutch exception about the dutch in chapters 14 and 15. In 1569, a constitutional union came into play.
