Absolutism in the East Serfs, junkers & cossacks
1648 Treaty of Westphalia
Europe in 1660
New Empires out of the Holy Roman Empire Prussia
What is left in the Holy Roman Empire?
The Growth of Austria and Brandenburg- Prussia to 1748
Frederick William The Great Elector
Building the Great Prussian Army
Frederick William I “Prussian Army Possessed its Nation”
The Great Prussian Army: The Sparta of the North ,000 soldiers ,000 soldiers 3rd Largest Army in Europe 13th Largest Population in Europe
The Austrian Case Leopold II and Joseph II
The Ottoman Empire at Its Height, 1566
Hohenzollerns v. Habsburgs Frederick II ( ) - Frederick The Great aka Old Fritz –King of Prussia –Prince-elector of HRE Joseph II ( ) –HRE –(on right) Leopold II ( ) –HRE –Brother of Joseph II –(on left)
Tie it all together Based on what you have read of French Absolutism (Louis XIV), Prussian Absolutism (Frederick William the Great Elector & King Frederick William I of Prussia) & Russian Absolutism (Peter the Great) what similarities & differences do you see in these monarch’s approach to their rule? Refer to your annotated primary docs on Louis XIV, Prussia & Russia in your response.