CHRONOLOGY:
Modern Era (15th to 18th centuries)
TYPES OF MONARCHIES
1.Feudal Monarchy (5th to 14th centuries):
Weak kings, small armies, not much power. Kings were handled by nobles who fought among themselves to control the kingdom and to enlarge their fiefs. Kings were at the top of the vassalage chain.
2.Authoritarian Monarchy (15th - 16th centuries)
Kings found an economic and social alliance with the bourgeoisie. Bourgeois and rich merchants occupied high posts in the civil service at the Court and Kings developed the bodies of the state and the administration. Kings controlled everything via the bureaucracy helped with the bourgeois and they forced nobles to accept the new authority.
Features of Authoritarian Monarchies:
- Territorial expansion
- Establishment of the administrative bodies of the state: Tax collecting, professional armies, treasury, court appliance, religious support and assemblies (Cortes, Estates General)
- End the dependence on the nobility
Examples:
Catholic Monarchs
Carlos I
Felipe II
3.Absolute Monarchy:
Evolution from the authoritarian monarchies appearing in the 17th century once the Church (Catholic) gave kings the maximum and absolute power, the unlimited authority which was supposed to come from God. They did not use the instruments created during the authoritarian monarchies.
Features of the Absolutism:
- No representatives bodies to limit crown's powers
- Economy and government were controlled directly by the kings
- Large armies
- Territorial expansion
- Strong support from the Catholic Church
Examples:
-Louis XVI (France)
4. Parliamentary Monarchy:
Different kind of monarchy appearing for the first time in England after a civil war in 1649, the powers of the Stuart Kings were limited by the representatives of the Parliament. The king Charles I was deposed, beheaded and the first modern Republic appeared. years later the Monarchy was restored in the Absolutism form with Charles II until the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when the monarchy abandoned the absolutism and it was controlled by the Parliament.
Modern Era (15th to 18th centuries)
TYPES OF MONARCHIES
1.Feudal Monarchy (5th to 14th centuries):
Weak kings, small armies, not much power. Kings were handled by nobles who fought among themselves to control the kingdom and to enlarge their fiefs. Kings were at the top of the vassalage chain.
2.Authoritarian Monarchy (15th - 16th centuries)
Kings found an economic and social alliance with the bourgeoisie. Bourgeois and rich merchants occupied high posts in the civil service at the Court and Kings developed the bodies of the state and the administration. Kings controlled everything via the bureaucracy helped with the bourgeois and they forced nobles to accept the new authority.
Features of Authoritarian Monarchies:
- Territorial expansion
- Establishment of the administrative bodies of the state: Tax collecting, professional armies, treasury, court appliance, religious support and assemblies (Cortes, Estates General)
- End the dependence on the nobility
Examples:
Catholic Monarchs
Carlos I
Felipe II
3.Absolute Monarchy:
Evolution from the authoritarian monarchies appearing in the 17th century once the Church (Catholic) gave kings the maximum and absolute power, the unlimited authority which was supposed to come from God. They did not use the instruments created during the authoritarian monarchies.
Features of the Absolutism:
- No representatives bodies to limit crown's powers
- Economy and government were controlled directly by the kings
- Large armies
- Territorial expansion
- Strong support from the Catholic Church
Examples:
-Louis XVI (France)
4. Parliamentary Monarchy:
Different kind of monarchy appearing for the first time in England after a civil war in 1649, the powers of the Stuart Kings were limited by the representatives of the Parliament. The king Charles I was deposed, beheaded and the first modern Republic appeared. years later the Monarchy was restored in the Absolutism form with Charles II until the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when the monarchy abandoned the absolutism and it was controlled by the Parliament.