Absolutism

1. the title used by Russian emperors meaning caesar in Russian
5. XIII ruled from 1610 to 1643 though Mother Marie de Medici acted as a regent until he was old enough to rule
6. Richelieu chief minister of Louis XIII who strengthened and preserved his authority
7. the Great having a goal of Westernizing Russia, he introduced Western practices and customs and borrowed European technology
8. a type of absolutism led by a dictator who possesses complete authority, forcibly restraining criticism and opposition, regimenting social and economic
10. a type of absolutism where the nation-state possesses complete authority and control over the society so that no one is permitted to have individual freedom

2. a political system in which the monarch holds total, centralized power
3. XIV formed a standing army of soldiers that could increase to 400,000 during the war period; he is also known as the Sun King
4. a type of absolutism where a small group of people or one person holds absolute authority with some or no limitations
9. right of kings the idea that the monarch's power is absolute and comes from God