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Absolute Monarchs of Europe
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Avsolute Monarch
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a monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.
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Divine Right
Definition
the doctrine that the right of rule derives directly from God, not from the consent of the people.
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Spanish Armada
Definition
any fleet of warships.
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Don Quixote
Definition
the hero of a novel by Cervantes who was inspired by lofty and chivalrous but impractical ideals.
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Inflation
Definition
Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency
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Skepticism
Definition
an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object
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Intendant
Definition
a director, manager of a public business, superintendent, etc.: term applied to certain foreign officials, as to the supervisors of any of certain districts in Spanish America
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War of the Spanish Succession
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was fought among several European powers, principally the Holy Roman Empire
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Edict of Nantes
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was issued on April 13, 1598[1] by Henry IV of France
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Thirty years' War
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was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
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Seven years War
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was a major military conflict that lasted between 1754 and 1763 and involved all of the major European powers of the period.
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Peace of Augsburg
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was a treaty between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, an alliance of Lutheran princes, on September 25, 1555, at the imperial city of Augsburg, now in present-day Bavaria, Germany.
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Prussia
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The name Prussia derives from the Old Prussians.
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Ivan the Terrible
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was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533
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Boyar
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was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rusian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes (in Bulgaria, tsars),
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Romanov Dynasty
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was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia,
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English Civil War
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was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists.
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Oliver Cromwell
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was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England
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English Restoration
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began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Commonwealth of England that followed the English Civil War.
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Habeas Corpus
Definition
is a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from their unlawful detention or that of another person.
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Glorious Revolution
Definition
also called the Revolution of 1688,
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Constitutional Monarchy
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is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the perimeters of a written
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Cabinet
Definition
a council of high-ranking members of government
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Puritan
Definition
16th and 17th-century England was an associate of any number of religious groups advocating for more "purity" of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group piety.
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English Bill of Rights
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is an act of the Parliament of England, whose title is An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
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