The traditional example of seventeenth-century absolutism has been the rule of
a. Louis XVI.
b. James III.
c. Louis XIV.
d. Charles II.
e. Ivan IV.
Question 2
The European ruler who developed the first standing army of conscripts, notable for the flexibility of its tactics, was
a. Louis XIV of France.
b. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
c. Philip II of Spain.
d. Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.
e. James I of England.