HIS244H1 Lecture : A Tour of Absolutist Dynasties
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Eastern europe was marked by dynastic conflict between the major crowns. (austria, prussia, What strategies did absolutists use to centralize and consolidate their authority in the late 17th. Sweden, russia, turks etc). and early 18th centuries> Western europe is much more densely populated compared to eastern europe. Eastern europe was largely a rural society at this time. Lasted a really long time (mid 15th c to the end of wwi) and varied greatly in size over this time. They controlled almost the entire coast of africa, mesopotamia, egypt, the red sea and most of ukraine and southern europe. The state religion was islam which introduced another level of threat to the christian. The turks were originally from further east but successfully displaced the. The sultans wielded both secular and religious authority. All administrative systems were run by men in the devshirme, christian boys from europe who owed their power solely to the.
