1. Absolutism & Constitutionalism
The Modern State
Absolutism & Constitutionalism

2. Terms—The Modern State
Constitutional Monarchy vs. Royal Absolutism
Absolute Monarchy
--Divine Right
--Thomas Hobbes / Leviathan (1651)
--Louis XIV (r – 1715)
--Versailles / “Sun King”
--Peter the Great (r – 1725)
--Academy of Sciences
--St. Petersburg—”Window to the West”
Crown vs. Parliament
--English Civil War
--James II (r – 1688)
--Glorious Revolution (1688)
--William and Mary
--Bill of Rights (1689)
--John Locke / Two Treatises on Government (1690)

3. Divine Right Kingship Chosen by God Responsible to God only
“God’s image on Earth”

4. Thomas Hobbes

5. Leviathan (1651)

6. France

7. Louis XIV

8. Versailles

9. Garden at Versailles

10. “Sun King”

11. “Sun King”

12. French Monarchy Based On:
Divine Right
Nationalist Sentiment
Power of taxation
Control of the church

13. Russia

14. Peter the Great

15. Russian Academy of Sciences

16. Russia

17. St. Petersburg

18. St. Petersburg Today

19. James I

20. Charles I

21. Execution of Charles I (1649)

22. Charles II—The Restoration

23. James II

24. William and Mary

25. John Locke

26. Two Treatises on Government

27. Purpose of Government, Per Locke:
To provide three basic human rights:
The right to life
The right to liberty, and
3. The right to property