Russian Parliament And Family Name Right – History

This history chapter covers Russian parliament and right of family name .


Edict of Nantes

French grant of rights to Huguenots


Ultra-Catholics

anit-Huguenot party


Act of Supremacy

named Elizabeth governor of church and state


Armada

fleet of warships


Militant

combative


Inflation

rising prices


Roundheads

parliamentary forces in the 1642 civil war


Puritans

English Calvinist Protestant group


Glorious Revolution

William and Mary’s 1688 “invasion of England”


Witchcraft

magic in traditional European village culture


Czar

Russian word for caesar


Boyars

members of the Russian nobility


Versailles

Louis XIV’s court location


Absolutism

idea that rulers hold total power


Junkers

members of the Prussian landed aristocracy


Peter the Great

wanted to westernize, or Europeanize, Russia


Romanov Dynasty

in Russia, was chosen by the national assembly


Hapsburg Empire

took control of Hungary, Croatia, and Slavonia..lost their Holy Roman Empire in Germany.. remained a collection of territories


Commissariat

established by Frederick William in Prussia.. Became both a military and civil agency


Royal Court at Versailles

was Louis XIV’s personal household.. was the center for state offices.. was used to have powerful subjects visit to seek favors


Henry of Navarre

when he became Henry IV, he converted to Catholicism


Spain

reconquered Muslim areas.. Expelled the Jews.. Protected Catholicism


Spanish Netherlands

one of the richest parts of Philip II’s empire


Elizabeth Tudor

tried to avoid war with France and Spain


French Kings of the 16th Century

stopped the French nobility from becoming Protestant


James I of England

strongly believed in the Divine Right of Kings


Civil War in England

was a conflict between the king and parliament


Rump Parliament

beheaded Charles I.. abolished the monarchy.. declared English a republic or commonwealth..


William and Mary

were offered the throne of England to prevent succession by a Catholic monarch


Bill of Rights

recognized Parliament’s right to make laws.. prevented monarchs from raising armies.. reognized the right to jury trials


7 Absolute Ruler Tasks

1. Pacify and Subjugate your nobles. 2. centralize authority around yourself. 3. make more money. 4. To make more war. 5. Dominate cultural scene. 6. make religion work for you. 7. build something worthy of your glory.


English Family Name

Tudor/Stuart


France’s Family Name

Bourbon


Spain’s Family Name

Hapsburg


Russian Family Name

Romanov


Prussia’s Family Name

Hohenzollern


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