The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 13: The Struggle for Survival and Sovereignty

Learning Objectives

When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
  • Describe the so-called body-politic metaphor of the socio-political organization of seventeenth-century Europe, and identify stresses it experienced throughout the century.
  • Discuss the influence of Henry IV, Richelieu, and Mazarin on the consolidation of royal power in France and describe how they set the stage for the absolutism of Louis XIV.
  • Discuss the reign of Louis XIV.
  • Describe the social, political, and military conditions of central Europe during the seventeenth century.
  • Outline the growing power of tsarist Russia during the seventeenth and early eighteenth century.
  • Compare and contrast the absolutism of eastern European monarchies with the exceptional case of Poland.
  • Describe the circumstances in England that led to the diminished power of the nobility.
  • Analyze the English civil war, the Commonwealth, and the restoration of the English monarchy.
  • Describe the Dutch republic, the nation’s economic gains, and the place of religion in Dutch society.
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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