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The Age of Absolutism

The Age of Absolutism. The Age of Absolutism. Small Group Activity Topic: European Geography Working cooperatively, students will complete two maps Map 1 – Europe Map2 – Europe during the Age of Absolutism. The Age of Absolutism. Map 1. The Age of Absolutism. Map 2.

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The Age of Absolutism

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  1. The Age of Absolutism

  2. The Age of Absolutism • Small Group Activity • Topic: European Geography • Working cooperatively, students will complete two maps • Map 1 – Europe • Map2 – Europe during the Age of Absolutism

  3. The Age of Absolutism Map 1

  4. The Age of Absolutism Map 2

  5. The Age of Absolutism CAUSES OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHY

  6. The Age of Absolutism • Spain and the Hapsburg Empire • 1500s, Spain emerged as the first modern power • TTYN: Why was Spain the first European nation to emerge? • Hint – Think about your American History • The Age of Discovery

  7. The Age of Absolutism • Why Spain? A Look Back at the Crusades… • Christians Fight the Moors • The Crusades in Jerusalem was not the only place where Christians fought against Muslims. • In Spain and Portugal, armed Christian warriors fought to drive the Muslim Moors out of their lands. • The Moors population consisted of people from North Africa and Arab descent who settled in the lands of Spain for more than 800 years.

  8. The Age of Absolutism Muslim Control of Spain Weakens • By 1002 the once powerful Muslim government of Spain weakened due to battles for power between political and religious leaders. • Caught up in fighting among themselves, Muslim leaders were too busy to guard against the Christian kingdoms of northern Spain..too busy fighting among themselves.

  9. The Age of Absolutism The Spanish Reconquista (reconquest) was an effort to retake Spain from the Muslim Moors. • At the time, Spain was divided into several small kingdoms: Castile Aragon Granada Portugal

  10. The Age of Absolutism • Reconquest Complete • Christian armies won victory after victory. By the 1250s, the Moors were nearly pushed completely out of Spain and Europe. • In Spain the celebration of 1492 is not for Columbus, but a celebration of the fall of Granada – the last hold that Muslims had on Spain.

  11. The Age of Absolutism Isabella and Ferdinand • In 1469 Ferdinand, the prince of Aragon, married Isabella, a Castilian princess. • Ten years later in 1479, they became the king and queen of their countries. • Together they ruled all of Spain as King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. • They brought an end to the Reconquista when the last of the Muslims were forced from Granada.

  12. The Age of Absolutism Isabella and Ferdinand

  13. The Age of Absolutism Isabella and Ferdinand

  14. The Age of Absolutism A Christian State • Ferdinand and Isabella only wanted Catholic Christians in their kingdom. • TTYN:How might the Monarch within Spain go about creating a Christian State and one with only Catholics? • To ensure that Christianity alone was practiced, they created the Spanish Inquisition– an organization of priests that looked for and punished anyone in Spain suspected of practicing non-Christian religions.

  15. The Age of Absolutism The Spanish Inquisition • Ferdinand and Isabella chose Catholicism to unite Spain and in 1478 asked permission of the pope to begin the Spanish Inquisition to purify the people of Spain. • They began by driving out Jews, Protestants and other non-believers. Inquisition -a judicial or official inquiry or examination usually before a jury; also : the finding of the jury

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