16TH - 18TH CENTURIES
AP European History
ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
WHICH OF THE MONARCHS FOLLOWED THE VIEWPOINTS OF MACHIAVELLI’S THE PRINCE BEST?
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King Charles V
Monarchs
Spain: Phillip II, Charles V;
Austria: Leopold I, Joseph I;
England: Henry VIII, Elizabeth
I;
Elizabeth I ruled for 45 years and presided over
a broadly based religious settlement, a cultural
Renaissance, and an England that was
developing itself in terms of discovery and
trade.
Frederick William I ruled Prussia from 1713 to
1740. His military reforms and tireless efforts
on behalf of the state laid the foundation for
Prussia to become one of the great powers of
Europe.
Prussia: Frederick William “The
Great Elector”, Frederick
William I; France: Henry IV,
Louis XIV; Russia: Ivan IV,
Peter I
The first Russian monarch to use the
title of czar, Ivan IV is perhaps better
known as "Ivan the Terrible."