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| Supreme power or authority | ||
| A political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority, but lacking the finances, military, and technology to make it so | ||
| A more extreme form of absolutism, in which the authority holds power over all aspects of a state's culture-- art, education, religion, the economy, and politics | ||
| A series of civil wars in France during 1648-1653 in opposition to Louis XIV's centralizing efforts | ||
| A theory stating that a favorable balance of trade must be established-- to accumulate national power, a country should always sell more goods than it buys | ||
| The limitation of government by the law | ||
| A religious group not satisfied with Henry VIII's Church of England, wanting to "purify" it | ||
| Also known as a commonwealth, legislative power rests in a board of elected officials | ||
| A system of managing government where the leading ministers, who must have seats in and the support of a majority of the House of Commons, formulate common policy and conduct the business of the nation. | ||
| The federal assembly of wealthy merchants that handled Dutch foreign affairs-- did not hold sovereignty because they had to report back to the local Estates | ||
| A system in which a peasant is bound to a lord and his land in return for safety and little freedom | ||
| Peasants were tied to their lords from one generation to the next | ||
| Each nation under the Ottoman Empire (divided by religious beliefs) was allowed to enjoy self-government in return for their support of the sultan's rule | ||
| The declaration of Charles VI of Habsburg stating that the Habsburg possessions were never to be divided, and were to be passed on to a single heir | ||
| Group that formed the backbone of the Prussian military officer corps; nobles and landowners dominated the Estates of Brandenburg and Prussia | ||
| A break from Roman Catholicism, the largest difference being the rejection of papal authority | ||
| The period in which the Mongols ruled the eastern Slavs for more that two hundred years | ||
| The Russian emperor | ||
| A government in which one person possesses unlimited power-- used by tsar Ivan IV | ||
| The peasants who fled civilized Russia in order to escape Ivan the Terrible's rule-- they formed free groups and outlawed armies |
