{"id":3135,"date":"2016-10-26T05:16:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/?page_id=3135"},"modified":"2016-10-26T05:16:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:16:22","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/learning-pathways\/absolutist-political-systems\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:232px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Battle_of_Naseby.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/1\/12\/Battle_of_Naseby.jpg\/230px-Battle_of_Naseby.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"181\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">The Battle of Naseby, 1645, a turning point in the English Civil War.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThis learning pathway explores Absolutist political systems in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It examines how Absolutism was justified and consolidated in Europe. It explores the power and spread of the Ottoman Empire, and the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate.  It also considers challenges to Absolutism, and the English Civil War.\n<\/p>\n<p>During this learning pathway students will watch a video lecture on Absolutism in Europe, complete a number of readings, and examine primary source material justifying Absolutism.<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Learn about Absolutist systems in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, exploring their parallels and differences.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Understand the ideological justifications for Absolutism put forward in this period.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Consider the intellectual and political opposition to Absolutism that arose in England and Europe.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.067 seconds\nReal time usage: 4.208 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 104\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 776\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 2171\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 674\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:176685-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20161026051608 and revision id 1002585\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/whme101\/learning-pathways\/changing-political-systems-and-colonial-conflicts\/review\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/whme101\/learning-pathways\/absolutist-political-systems\/european-absolutism\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Battle of Naseby, 1645, a turning point in the English Civil War. 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