Absolutism	30 & 100 Years' Wars
Hapsburgs & Holy Roman Empire	Germany & Prussia
Spain	England
France	Russia

ABSOLUTISM AND THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
Divine Right of Kings  
  A Glossary of European Noble, Princely, Royal and Imperial Titles
OUTLINE: The Rise of Absolutism 
MAP: Europe During the Age of Absolutism 
  Definition of Absolutism 
  Age of Absolutism   
  Web Links - Age of Absolutism 
  Absolutism and Enlightenment 
   The Path to Royal Absolutism 
  The Rise and Fall of the Absolute Monarchy 
  Absolutism in France 
   Monarchs and Monasteries: Knowledge and Power in Medieval France 
  From Empire to Democracy 


THE THIRTY YEARS WAR
The Thirty-Years War
The Thirty Years War: Home Page
Thirty Years War

HUNDRED YEARS WAR
MAPS: 100 Years' War
100 Years' War
100 Years' War - Wikipedia

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THE HAPSBURGS, HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, & AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
  The Habsburgs 
Holy Roman or Western Emperors
The House of Hapsburg: Family Tree
Austria , Austro-Hungarian Empire-- Primary Documents
King George's War (War of the Austrian Succession)
Austrian Succession, War of the
 


 
GERMANY, PRUSSIA & FREDERICK THE GREAT
Absolutism : The Kingdom in/of Prussia, 1701-1795 
Prussia 1800-1815 
  Prussia 1815-52 
The Rise of Prussia
   Fredericus Rex: Prussia's King Frederick the Great 
  Frederick the Great of Prussia 
  Frederick The Great's Works; Sun Tzu The Art of War and Strategy Site 
   Frederick II the Great - Olga's Gallery 
  munger.ca: Frederick the Great 
  Prussia's Emergence as a Military Power 
  MAPS: Frederick The Great's Campaigns and Battles
Frederick the Great's Military Instruction to Generals 
  Kant's "What Is Enlightenment" 
  Modern History Sourcebook: Frederick II: Essay on Government 
  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Frederick II
For more on Frederick, check out the section on Absolutism above.

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: Germany
  PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: 19th Century Germany
  MAPS: Modern Germany 
MAP: Toward the Unification of Germany, 1740-1871 

TIMELINE: Germany: Struggle to Unify 

IMAGES: Treasures from the Saxon State Library 
The Origins of Germany 
German Antiquity
German Culture
Germany History 
Germany
   A History O' Germany 
  German Subject Catalogue
  Documents in German History Project
    Germanic Invasions of Western Europe 
Medieval Sourcebook: Tacitus: Germania
Germany and the French Revolution 
     The Germanic Heritage Page
Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas
   Medieval Germany
  Luther and the Protestant Reformation 
The Reformation in Germany

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SPAIN
FOCUS on SPAIN
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: Spain
Another Spain Links Page
Welcome to Spain 
  Spain's History: Index 
  Spain History 
  Islamic/Spanish History 
  Spain under the Moors 
  Muslim Spain and European Culture 
Alhambra
     Sacred Places: Mosque of Córdoba, Spain 
The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire.
  Isabella I 
  King Phillip II of Spain 
  King Phillip II: rule over the Netherlands 
  Phillip II - the man 
  Letters of Philip II, King of Spain, 1592 - 1597 

ENGLAND
TudorHistory.org
Welcome to Tudor England, 1485-1603
Tudor Chronologies
Tudor Glossaries
Genealogical Trees
Historical and Current Maps
Who's Who in Tudor History
Tudor Links of Interest
Tudor Architecture
Tudor Movies and Television
Tudors in the News
Students' Guide to Tudor England
Royalty.nu - The Tudor Dynasty
What's New at Tudor England?
Articles on Tudor History
Tudor Women

TUDOR PRIMARY SOURCES
Tudor Electronic Texts and Documents
Tudor England - Primary Sources
Primary Sources - Letters of the Six Wives of Henry VIII
PRIMARY DOCUMENT: The Act of Supremacy
Medieval Sourcebook: Letter of Thomas Cranmer, 1533
Modern History Sourcebook: William Roper: The Life of Sir Thomas More


HENRY VII
The Tudor Dynasty - Owen Tudor and Henry VII
Henry VII and Tudor England
Henry VII
A Description of Henry VII
Henry VII Gallery
More on HENRY VII
Henry VII: British Monarchs
Correspondence of Henry VII
The Tudors in the Wars of the Roses, Part One and Part Two
Henry VII--Shape Shifter (a bit of fun)

HENRY VIII
Henry VIII
Catholic Encyclopedia: HENRY VIII
Henry VIII Gallery
Henry VIII's Wholesale Plunder of Catholic Church Properties
Plantations of Henry VIII to the creation of an Irish Republic
SUPPRESSION OF ENGLISH MONASTERIES UNDER HENRY VIII
AN INTERVIEW WITH HENRY VIII

THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII
The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Meet the Wives | PBS 
  The Six Wives of Henry VIII 
Catherine of Aragon - Divorced, mother of Mary I (Bloody Mary
Anne Boleyn - Beheaded, mother of Elizabeth I
Jane Seymour - Died after giving birth to Edward VI
Anne of Cleves - Marriage Annulled
Kathryn Howard - Beheaded
Katherine Parr - Outlived Henry, went on to marry Jane Seymour's (wife #3) brother
Primary Sources - Letters of the Six Wives of Henry VIII
Royalty.nu - Tudor Royal History - Henry VIII and His Six Wives


EDWARD VI (son of Jane Seymour)
Edward VI
Wedding Ceremony -- From Prayerbook of Edward VI

LADY JANE GREY (Queen for Nine Days)
Lady Jane Grey Queen for Nine Days
1554 - letter of Jane Grey
1554 - The execution of Queen Jane

MARY I - "Bloody Mary" (daughter of Catherine of Aragon)
Mary I
1556 - The execution of Thomas Cranmer

ELIZABETH I (daughter of Anne Boleyn)

Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
The Works of Elizabeth I
The Virgin Queen
Marriage As Realpolitik: Elizabeth I on political marriage


TUDOR PERIOD PEOPLE, PLACES, & EVENTS
Sir Thomas More
Utopia by Thomas More
The Trial of Sir Thomas More, 1535
Hampton Court History
Welcome to the Mary Rose
Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-1567, Queen of Scotland and beheaded by Elizabeth I in 1567
Mary Queen of Scots

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FRANCE
House of Bourbon
Another site on the Bourbon Dynasty
Henry IV
Henry IV - wikipedia
Cardinal Richelieu
More Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIV - The Sun King
Louis the 14th
Louis XIV
Palace of Versailles
Versailles
Palace of Versailles - wikipedia

RUSSIA

THE ROMANOVS
Romanov Timeline
Czars Lobby
Mikhail(Michael) - Founder of the Romanov Dynasty, ruled 1613-1645
Alexei Mikhailovich, ruled 1645-1676
Peter The Great, ruled 1721-1725 
Peter the Great
Peter the Great of Russia
- Peter the Great
 - The Personality of Peter the Great
 - Peter's Russia
 - Fashionable innovations of Tsar Peter the Great
 - Peter the Great - Olga's Gallery
 - Peter the Great's family values
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV
Ivan IV of Russia - answers.com
The Oprichnina
Catherine I, ruled 1725-1727 
Catherine The Great, ruled 1729-1796 
  Catherine the Great (1763-1796) : Foreign Policy
 Catherine the Great
Temple of Catherine the Great
Russia's Dark Enlightenment
Catherine the Great waits for Peter III to blow
Catherine the Great
More on Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great FAQ 

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