Absolute+Monarchs+Project

=__**Absolutism**__=

http://www.historydoctor.net/Advanced%20Placement%20European%20History/Notes/enlightened_absolutism.htm = = =__**Louis XIV**__=

http://www.history.com/topics/louis-xiv http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/louis_xiv.htm http://www.indepthinfo.com/history/french-absolutism.htm http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/absolutism.html http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/absolutism_and_france.htm

=__**England: James I and Charles I**__=

http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/kingsandqueensoftheunitedkingdom/thestuarts/charlesi.aspx http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensoftheUnitedKingdom/TheStuarts/JamesI.aspx http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/james_i_vi.shtml http://n.hughes.free.fr/failure_absolute%20_monarchy_notes.htm http://www.victorianweb.org/history/JamesI.html http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/glorious_revolution.htm

=__**Prussia-Frederick the Great**__=

http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-ii-9301742 http://www.history.com/topics/frederick-ii-prussia http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2frederick2.htm http://www.preservearticles.com/2011091413364/brief-notes-on-absolute-monarchy-in-prussia.html

=__**Austria: Maria Theresa**__=

http://www.biography.com/people/maria-theresa-9398965 http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/faces/maria.html http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/mariatheres.html

=__**Spain: Philip II**__=

http://www.biography.com/people/philip-ii-9439348 http://www.pbs.org/kcet/when-worlds-collide/people/philip-ii.html http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUSphilip2.htm http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=characters&FileName=philip2s.php http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/PhillipII_government.htm

=__**Russia: Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great**__= http://www.history.com/photos/russian-leaders-and-politicians/photo1

__**Peter the Great**__ http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peter_the_great3.htm http://www.biography.com/people/peter-the-great-9542228 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/petergreat.asp http://westerncivguides.umwblogs.org/2009/12/02/russian-absolutism-peter-the-great-and-catherine-the-great/ http://www.historydoctor.net/Advanced%20Placement%20European%20History/Notes/absolutism_in_russia_part_two.htm

__**Catherine the Great**__ http://westerncivguides.umwblogs.org/2009/12/02/russian-absolutism-peter-the-great-and-catherine-the-great/ http://www.biography.com/people/catherine-ii-9241622 http://www.biographyonline.net/royalty/catherine-the-great.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/catherine_the_great.shtml

__**Ivan the Terrible**__ http://www.biography.com/people/ivan-the-terrible-9350679 http://www.historydoctor.net/Advanced%20Placement%20European%20History/Notes/absolutism_in_russia_Part_One.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible