Across
- 2. the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625
- 3. Son of James I. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- 4. System created by Cardinal Richelieu in order to weaken the nobility
- 6. powerful family of German nobles in control of Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, parts of eastern Europe, the Austrian Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire.
- 10. born on Crete and distinguished himself as a painter in Western Europe, first in Rome and then in Spain, where he produced his best-known works
- 13. A style of European architecture, art, and music in the 17th and 18th centuries that was characterized by ornate detail, exaggerated motion, exuberance, and grandeur
- 14. the first tsar of Russia
- 15. the using of one's own artistic methods. In some paintings, the artist distorted the figures to convey a sense of suffering.
- 16. the style of French art shows a classical adherence to certain rules of proportion and sobriety uncharacteristic of the Baroque as it was practiced in most of the rest of Europe during the same period
- 17. a realistic portrayal of life
- 19. ruled russia from 1682-1725
- 20. the permanent residence of King Louis XIV of France
Down
- 1. held the power of recording royal decrees
- 5. a form of government in which all sovereign power rested in the hands of a single monarch (absolute monarch), who claimed to rule by divine right and was therefore responsible only to God.
- 7. Holy Roman emperor from 1452 and German king from 1440 who laid the foundations for the greatness of the House of Habsburg in European affairs.
- 8. the Russian noble class
- 9. Wealthy landowners in the countryside who dominated politics in the House of Commons
- 11. Successor and advisor to the boy-king Louis XIV
- 12. Greatest Dutch artist of the seventeenth century
- 18. tax on the French peasantry on property and land, provided permanent income for French royal government