Absolutism

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Conflict over rival claims to the Habsburg throne
Prussian landed aristocracy
German royal family
The "Great Elector"
Sovereignty embodied in the ruler
Civil war in France during the reign of Louis XIII
Louis XIV's Controller of Finance
Established absolutism for Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Government economic policies for the regulation of the state
Writer who analyzed the power of love
Created Versailles
Limitation of government by law
Art and literature advanced under Louis XIV
Lord Protector of England
Restored the English monarchy to Charles II
Author of Leviathan
Marked the end of French expansionst policy
Belief that a monarch's power is derived from God
Radical groups in England who called for the abolition of private property
Declared sovereignty resides with Parliament
First Stuart monarch
Prohibited Catholics from holding political office
Political theorist who defended the Glorious Revolution
Romanov czar who westernized Russia

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