HIS 1120 Lecture Notes - House Of Bourbon, Scientific Revolution, Age Of Enlightenment
17 Mar 2014
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The 17th and 18th century absolutism, the scientific revolution, the enlightenment. Absolutism: a new phase/manner in which monarchs rule. A ruler: a sovereign; possess supreme rights to make laws, to tax, to administer justice, to control the state"s administrative system, and to determine foreign policy. Standard understanding: divine right bound at the beginning of the 17th century. Monarch ruled not only temporally, but by the right of god. God ruled through appointed kings and queens; absolute and divine right. This granting of authority by god is no longer filtered through the papacy. By the beginning of the 1600s; transition from spiritual power to actual power. Opens door to the undermining of religious authority; all state power in the hands of the monarch. Religious rights of the huguenots; maintained throughout this period to keep them as loyal subjects, however, the rights were overtime; removed. Established a network of spies throughout his kingdom to monitor what people thought of the.
