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Baroque Visual Art

Artemisia Gentileschi, painter

Refusal to summon Parliament

Charles I

First Declaration of Indulgence

Charles II

Monarchy established in 1672

Dutch Republic

King executed, monarchy abolished in 1649.

England

Military dictatorship from 1655 to 1660

England

True or false: Due to the great destruction Europe experienced during the Thirty Years' War, its resolution saw the decline of rebellious movements, standing armies, and monarchical power.

False

How did the literary achievements of this era reflect political and economic developments of this period?

French playwrights depended on royal patronage and were used by the monarchy to advance its position.

Absolutism was an important political philosophy of the early modern era. In theory, early modern absolutism was based on the concept that a state's leader received his or her right to rule from ________________.

God

Idea of a "commonwealth"

Hobbes

Divine right of kings clashed with "balanced polity."

James I

Second Declaration of Indulgence

James II

How was the struggle between James II and Parliament resolved?

James was overthrown and replaced.

Theory of natural rights

Locke

Issued edicts that targeted French Huguenots

Louis XIV

Made Versailles a visible representation of French power

Louis XIV

Based on this excerpt, which of the following was a method by which Louis set himself at the center of courtly life?

Louis required the whole court to assemble before him every night after supper.

Was able to quell the Fronde

Mazarin

Dutch Realism

Rembrandt van Rijn, painter

Used espionage to identify poltical enemies, then had them executed

Richelieu

Which of the following were economic, social, and political crises Europe experienced in the first half of the 17th century? Check all that apply.

Some areas of Germany were thoroughly devastated by the Thirty Years' War. Taxes to support warfare became increasingly onerous on the population.

Which of the following were developments that enabled Austria to emerge as a major power in the 17th century? Check all that apply.

Success at the Siege of Vienna in 1683. Absorption of many territories into the hands of a single monarch.

The clues refer to which of the following states?

The Ottoman Empire

Based on the information from these two maps, which of the following states were part of the Holy Roman Empire before the Thirty Years' War but not part of it after?

The United Provinces and the Swiss Confederation

How did the artistic achievements of this era reflect political and economic developments of this period?

The growth of Dutch commerce enabled the wealthy to commission more paintings.

What does the witchcraft craze tell us about European society in the 16th and 17th centuries? Check all that apply.

Uneven economic development between social classes. Shift away from communal values toward personal ones.

Theater

William Shakespeare, playwright

Which of the statements is accurate with regard to state centralization in Central and Eastern Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries? a. Brandenburg-Prussia's leadership strengthened its control through the establishment of a bureaucracy, comprised of a landed aristocracy with links to the military. b. Of the major Central and Eastern European powers, only Austria's rulers succeeded in creating robust systems of central authority. c. Russia's rulers were able to wrest power from the nobility and build a huge standing army with only a small investment from the state treasury.

a. Brandenburg-Prussia's leadership strengthened its control through the establishment of a bureaucracy, comprised of a landed aristocracy with links to the military.

Choose which of the following statements is accurate in regard to the theory of absolutism versus the reality of absolutism in seventeenth-century France. a. Louis XIV promulgated a policy of religious toleration and was viewed by French Protestants as divinely chosen to rule. b. French leaders combated rebellious nobles by arguing that a more powerful monarchy was a force for stability and order. c. Other leaders in Europe thought that the French model was doomed to failure.

b. French leaders combated rebellious nobles by arguing that a more powerful monarchy was a force for stability and order.

Consider the reigns of seventeenth-century English rulers and their greatest struggles while in power. James I angered Parliament because of his __________ views. During this turbulent period, many English monarchs were executed, _________ James I. William and Mary were the governing monarchs on whom Parliament could finally agree.

religious & political, but not