The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)Chapter 17:
The Emergence of the European State SystemABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE The Rule of Louis XIV Government Foreign Policy Domestic Policy The End of an Era France after Louis XIV OTHER PATTERNS OF ABSOLUTISM The Habsburgs at Vienna The Hohenzollerns at Berlin Rivalry and State Building The Prussia of Frederick William I Frederick the Great The Habsburg Empire Habsburgs and Bourbons at Madrid Peter the Great at St. Petersburg ALTERNATIVES TO ABSOLUTISM Aristocracy in the United Provinces, Sweden, and Poland The Triumph of the Gentry in England Politics and Prosperity The Growth of Stability Contrasts in Political Thought THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Diplomacy and Warfare Armies and Navies The Seven Years' War |