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-5th and last monarch of Tudor dynasty
-daughter of henryVIII
-foreign policy is largely defensive. Exploded military expeditions. Spanish armadain 1588
-supported Henry of Navarre
-Ireland hostile to England
-Diplomatic relations w/ russia |
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-made king after fathers execution. is king of England and scottland
-Entered English commonwealth Oliver Cromwell defeated Charles at battle of Worcester and Charles fled to mainland. Crowells death bought Charles back to throne in what is called the Restoration. Restablished the Church of England and favored a policy of religious tolerance. Treaty of Dover, an alliance w/ king Louis XIV, Charles promised to convert to Catholic if Louis provided military aid against dutch, also known as the Merry Monarch |
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-known as the sun king
-reigned for 72 years. emphasized a centralized state, eliminate fuedalisim, and wanted reconition for his lavish palace at versailies
-fought league of augsbugs, franco- dutch war, war of Spanish succession.
-patronage of the arts "protector" funded & commissioned art
-edict of tolerance or edict of versaliles welcome religious toleration |
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-English political leader and lord protector of the commonwealth. becacame an independent puritan
-felt god was gulding his victoris, and entered the civil war on the side of the roundheads/parliaments. challenged irsh/ Scottish authorites.
-aggressive and effective foreign policy, after his death was buried in wesiminster abbey but after royalist returned to power they dug up his remains and beheaded him |
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-tsar of Russia. expanded the empire, and became a major European power.
-cultural revolution ridding society of medieval ways w/ modern scientific/rationalist system
-modernized Russia. great northern war wit Sweden, founded the city of saint petersburg |
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-1st French monarch of the house of bourbon. converted to Catholicism. involved w/ French wars of revolution, led protestant forces against royal army.
-promulgated the edict of nantes in 1598 which garente religious liberties, ending the wars of religion
-was also named henry the great and was assassinated by a catholic fanatic |
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| union of England/scottland led to his reign. he succeeded the last tudor monarch of England |
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