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The New Monarchies in
the Early Modern Period
The New Monarchies in
the Early Modern Period
Niccolò Machiavelli
Characteristics of the New Monarchies
Characteristics of the New Monarchies
1. They offered the institution of monarchy as a guarantee of law and order.
2. They proclaimed that hereditary monarchy was the legitimate form of public power , and that all should accept this without resistance.
3. They enlisted the support of the middle class in the towns, who had tired of the local power of feudal nobles.
4. Their monarchies would require a new level of organization and would require additional revenue. Taxation was instituted to provide consistent funds.
Characteristics of the New Monarchies
Characteristics of the New Monarchies
5. Their goal was to break down the mass of feudal, inherited, customary, or common law in which the rights of the feudal classes were entrenched. Royal courts would apply the law in more uniform ways.
6. The kings would MAKE law, enact it by his own authority, regardless of previous custom or historic liberties.
Characteristics of the New Monarchies
Characteristics of the New Monarchies
5. Early states lacked the power to enforce their will. To remedy this, monarchs began to employ bureaucracy--agencies, committees, representative bodies, and councils to assist in implementing royal authority.
6. Medieval wars were private affairs, and thus were destructive and difficult to control. The New Monarchs worked to make war the sole preserve of the state—employing a standing army.
7. What pleases the prince has the force of law.
England stability under the Tudors
France consolidation of power.
Spain unification by marriage.
The Empire decentralization and decline.
The Tudors of EnglandThe Tudors of England
Henry VII Tudor
Tudor
England
1485
Tudor
England
1485
The Valois Dynasty in
France
The Valois Dynasty in
France
France in the 15th – 16th
Centuries
France in the 15th – 16th
Centuries
Charles VII
Valois
Charles VII
Valois
Louis XI Valois
The Spider
Louis XI Valois
The Spider
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
The Madonna of the Monarchs
Kingdoms of Spain: 1492Kingdoms of Spain: 1492
Kingdoms of Spain: 1492Ferdinand of Aragon and
Isabella of Castile
Kingdoms of Spain: 1492Ferdinand of Aragon and
Isabella of Castile
The Habsburg DynastyThe Habsburg Dynasty
The Golden Bull of 1356The Golden Bull of 1356
The Imperial ElectorsDuke of SaxonyMargrave of BrandenburgKing of BavariaCount Palatine of the RhineArchbishop of Mainz, Archbishop of TrierArchbishop of Cologne.
The Golden Bull
of 1356
The Golden Bull
of 1356
Emperor Maximilian I Habsburg
Emperor Maximilian I Habsburg
Empire of Charles V Hapsburg
Empire of Charles V Hapsburg
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