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This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Absolutism

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Activity
You have 5 minutes to draw your image of the perfect leader.
You need to include:
The leader
5 items/symbols included in the picture that demonstrate what it is about these leaders that made them perfect


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The Theory of Absolutism
European monarchs tried to take the authority to rule without ANY limits.
Goal: to control all aspects of society

Slide 3 - Slide

Slide 4 - Slide

Divine right of kings:
 the idea that God created the monarchy and the monarchy acted as God’s representative on earth.
The king answered only to God and not the people


Slide 5 - Slide

What is an absolute monarch

Slide 6 - Open question

Explain what the divine right of king is

Slide 7 - Open question

What is the order of power under the divine right of kings?
A
King-God -People
B
God-King-People
C
God-People- King
D
People-King-God

Slide 8 - Quiz

In the theory of the divine right of kings, to whom is the king accountable for his actions?
A
the people
B
Parliament
C
God
D
No one

Slide 9 - Quiz

 Look at the about 3 meters high and 2 meters wide painting of Louis XIV, painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud  in 1701 on behalf of the king.  Write down your first impressions of the painting.

Slide 10 - Slide

First impressions

Slide 11 - Mind map

"L'État, c'est moi!"
 Louis XIV  : "L'État, c'est moi!" *- "I am the state!" - what motto could be under the image of today's "ruler"?


*the specific quote seems to have been a later invention to summarize his approach to ruling, rather than something he directly said.

Slide 12 - Slide

What motto could be under the image of a ruler today?

Slide 13 - Open question

Slide 14 - Video

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