HIST 150 Lecture 3: Test 3 Lecture Notes (3) 10/16/14
18 Jan 2015
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Wars of catholics against huguenots (protestants) ---> very bloody. St. bartholomew"s day massacre (thousands protestants killed) Henry iv, bourbon, the 1st absolutist ruler in france. Edict of nantes (united france, laid the foundation) introduced religious toleration. Louis xiii (cardinal richelieu) ---> henry"s son. Louis xiv, the king sun --- grandson, consolidated nation. Fronde in paris - resistance to absolutist rule, versailles - new royal residence. Revolution in spanish netherlands, beginning of the dutch republic. Thirty year"s war, which began as religious conflict and ended as a secular war, final recognition of the independent netherlands and division of germany into small states. Dutch republic, first european state that religious tolerance to the jews + christians dissenters (including mennonites + english radical puritans) Thomas hobbes the leviathan : a theory of the strong state (absolute monarch) vs. social conflicts. Glorious revolution and the overthrow of stuart dynasty, bill of rights . Political recognition of the limits in royal rule.
