HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture III Business of War a military revolution IV Change and continuity aristocracy and absolutism The rise and fall of Habsburg Spain I Early history Aragon and Castile II Reconquest III Reign of Charles V 1516 1556 The Golden Age Outline of Current Lecture I Habsburg Rule Modern or Medieval A Habsburg rule under Charles V is medieval because of his failure to unify his territories B Charles V fights four wars with France fights the Ottomans and fights religious wars in Germany C Exhausted after many years of rule he abdicates the throne and divides between son Phillip II and brother Ferdinand I D Phillip II 1 Very dedicated ruler described as red eyed because he spent so much time reading documents 2 Built Escorial palace 3 Eighty Years War Dutch became Calvinists next 80 years Phillip and successors pour all money from the New World into war Eventually fail and Netherlands becomes an important economic power 4 Imperial overstretch too many major commitments 5 Spain goes bankrupt two years prior to Phillip s death Steady decline sets in II Bourbon France absolutism triumphant A Henry IV 1 First Bourbon king of France These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III 2 Passed Edict of Nantes which allowed religious freedom Henry was a protestant B Cardinal Richelieu 1 Kings first minister served the king 2 Began process of defeating private armies and defacto cities 3 Consolidation the state C Cardinal Mazarin 1 Trained to replace Richelieu 2 Known for defeating the Fronde last attempt by aristocrats to defeat absolutism D Louis XIV the Sun King 1 Builds Versailles as his home and seat of government 2 Aristocrats came to Versailles to vie for favor with Louis 3 Religious intolerance Edict of Nantes had been passed by Henry IV to allow religious tolerance 1685 Louis gets rid of Edict of Nantes many protestants have to move out of France as a result The fate of Central Europe the 30 years war 1618 1648 and ending political fragmentation A Thirty Years War 1 Ferdinand starts war to crush Calvinist Bohemian nobles 2 Gustavus Adolfus devout Lutheran King of Sweden 3 France allies with Lutherans because they want a balance of power 4 Ferdinand wants to unify Germany and impose imperial rule B Peace of Westphalia 1 Ends Thirty Years War 2 Calvinist Catholic and Lutherans allowed to choose religion 3 Germany stays separate states 4 Origins of modern diplomacy C France emerges as great military power D Rulers of Prussia 1 Building Prussia as military state 2 Frederick the Great most powerful
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