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| Spanish leader who defended Catholicism against the Muslims and the English |
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| A king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society |
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| The idea that monarchs are God's representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to God |
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| A 1598 declaration in which the French king Henry IV promised that Protestants could live in peace in France and could set up houses of worship in some French cities |
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| A philosophy based on the idea that nothing can be known for certain |
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| A French Government official appointed by the monarch to collect taxes and adminster justice |
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| War of the Spanish Succession |
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| A conflict lasting from 1701 to 1713, in which a number of European states fought to prevent the Bourbon family from controlling Spain as well as France |
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| A European conflict over religion and territory and for power among ruling families, lasting from 1618 to 1648 |
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| A landowning noble from Russia |
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| AdoptionAdoption of the social, political or economic institutions of Western- especially European or American -countries |
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| A conflict lasting from 1642-1649, in which Puritan supporters of Parliament battled supporters of England's monarchy |
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| The period of Charles II rule over England, after the collapse of Oliver Cromwell's government |
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| A document requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court for a judge so it can be decided whether his or her imprisonment is legal |
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| The bloodless overthrow of the English king James II and his replacement by William and Mary |
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| A system of governing in which the ruler's power is limited by law |
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| A group of advisors or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions |
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| A conflict in Europe, North America and India, lasting from 1756-1763, in which the forces of Britian and Prussia battled those of France, Russia, Austria and other countries |
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