Question 1

Describe and analyze traditional stresses in seventeenth century society.

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Question 2

In what ways was the life of the peasant of western Europe different in the seventeenth century from the peasant of eastern Europe? In what ways were they similar?

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Question 3

Was the reign of Louis XIV successful or unsuccessful? Why?

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Question 4

Describe the major problems in England that led to the English Civil War.

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Question 5

Compare and contrast the political ideas of Hobbes and Locke. Show the areas of similarity and the areas of difference, especially in the concept of sovereignty.

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Question 6

Of the important rulers of Eastern Europe in the seventeenth century-Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia, Leopold I of Austria, Peter the Great of Russia-which do you believe was the most successful and why?

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Question 7

How did the religious divisions and wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries lay the groundwork for absolute monarchy in much of continental Europe and the opposition to it in England and the Dutch Republic?

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Question 8

How do you explain why, in some parts of seventeenth century Europe, monarchs succeeded in developing absolute rule while in other parts they failed to do so?

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Question 9

Contrast England and France in the seventeenth century. Why should these countries, separated by only a few miles of water, develop so differently?

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Question 10

How did the interplay between peasant, noble and middle class affect the development of absolutism in western Europe, the development of absolutism in eastern Europe and the constitutionalist developments in the Dutch Republic and England?

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Quiz 13: The Struggle for Survival and Sovereignty: Europes Social and Political Order, 1600-1715