1. Assessing Absolute Monarchs
Name: ________________________
Assessing Absolute Monarchs
Why Now?
Renaissance - rise of cities and merchants/businessmen who want
the stability that an absolute monarch would provide compared
to the feudal system
Reformation - as church power decreases, monarchs power increases
Exploration - Increase in wealth from new territories leads to
increase in power for monarchs
Define Absolutism: Absolute monarch holds all the power
Define Divine Right: God has chosen the absolute monarch to rule.
The monarch only reports to God, not his/subjects
Absolute Monarch
In what ways is this leader ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! (These are your pros)
In what ways is this leader ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE! (These are your cons)
His/Her Grade (A, B, C, D, F)
and WHY!
Philip II
Years:
Louis XIV
‘ The Sun King’

2. Absolute Monarch Peter the Great Years: Frederick II Elizabeth I
In what ways is this leader ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! (These are your pros)
In what ways is this leader ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE! (These are your cons)
Their Grade (A, B, C, D, E F)
and WHY!
Peter the Great
Years:
Frederick II
Elizabeth I