The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 17: The Emergence of the European State System

ABSOLUTISM IN FRANCE

The Rule of Louis XIV
Government
Foreign Policy
Domestic Policy
The End of an Era
France after Louis XIV

OTHER PATTERNS OF ABSOLUTISM

The Habsburgs at Vienna
The Hohenzollerns at Berlin
Rivalry and State Building
The Prussia of Frederick William I
Frederick the Great
The Habsburg Empire
Habsburgs and Bourbons at Madrid
Peter the Great at St. Petersburg

ALTERNATIVES TO ABSOLUTISM

Aristocracy in the United Provinces, Sweden, and Poland
The Triumph of the Gentry in England
Politics and Prosperity
The Growth of Stability
Contrasts in Political Thought

THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM