HIS-1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Absolute Monarchy, Enlightened Absolutism, Gallican Church
Document Summary
Power of church subordinated to power of monarch. Faith and language linked to national identity. New style armies owed allegiance to monarch. Rise of money economy increased monarchs power and influence (taxes and patronage) New style armies owed direct allegiance to monarchs. Spain: united aristocracy and church behind monarch, success supported by wealth of huge empire, forged identity through religion roman. Jews and muslims (mores: lacked commercial development. 2: reduced power of aristocrats and estates, using raison d" etat consolidated power in monarch, monarch controlled gallican church and repressed huguenots, over spent and over reached. England: reduced power of aristocracy, power consolidated in monarch, but, parliament controlled taxation, gentry and middle class would not tolerate absolutism, pro-business. The netherlands: cut ties with spain in 1609, ruled by oligarchy, ongoing tension with stadholder, prince of. Concentration of power (taxation patronage military force bureaucracy) in monarchs hands. Subordination of aristocracy to divine right of kings .
