Mrs. Hughes' AP European History

History isn't just a story, it's an adventure...

Chapter 16: Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Western Europe, ca. 1589-1715

PowerPoints:

• Absolutism in France & Spain PowerPoint

• Constitutionalism in England PowerPoint

• The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic PowerPoint

Homework:

• Guided Reading Assignment

• Directions for Guided Reading

Notebook Work:

• Ideologies - checked at the end of the year!

• Leader Analysis: Louis XIV

• Leader Analysis: Cromwell

• Royal Power is Absolute Questions - distributed in class

• Revocation of the Edict of Nantes - distributed in class

Textbook Link:  McKay Textbook Website for Chapter 16

Primary Sources:

• Divine Rights by King James I of England

• Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

• Visual Images of Versailles

More Useful Information

• Absolutism and Constitutionalism (Dr. McGhee) - excellent example of notes!

• Chateau of Versailles - Explore Louis XIV's estate!

• English Civil War (Dr. Steven Kreis, The History Guide) - college professor's lecture

• English Civil War (E.L. Skip Knox, Boise State University) - complete description of the war, Cromwell & Restoration

• Louis XIV (Dr. Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College) - simple biography of the Sun King

• The Oliver Cromwell Web Site (Oliver Cromwell Association) - more than you've ever wanted to know about Cromwell

• Revealed: The Inbreeding that Ruined the Habsburgs (The Independent) - Scientific data proving that inbreeding is what caused Charles II's "issues."  This is great for the family "tree" (more like a circle!) of the Spanish Habsburgs

• The Rise and Fall of the Absolute Monarchy (Library of Congress) - A look at art, literature and science under the absolute monarchies of the Grande Siecle and the Enlightenment.

Recommended Reading

• Christopher Hibbert's Cavaliers and Roundheads: The English Civil War, 1642-1649

• W.H. Lewis's The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV