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Absolute Monarchs
Term | Definition |
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Absolutism | Belief that Monarchs Held Supreme power and responsible only to God. |
Divine Right | Idea that a king gets his authority to rule directly from God |
Versailles | A center of the arts during Louis reign |
Czar/Tsar | A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917 |
Constitutional Monarchy | A system of government in which a monarchy shares power with a constitutionally organized government. |
Petition of Right | A legal petition asserting a right against the English crown. |
Glorious Revolution | The bloodiest overthrow at the English King James II and is replacement by William and Mary. |