Modern World History (mwh.posterous.

com) Mr >Bolos

The Way to Absolutism:

From Henry IV to Louis XIV
Using the French context as our lens, we will endeavor to understand both the ultimate and proximate causes of
Absolutism by transforming a typical PowerPoint™ presentation (featuring template slides filled with bullet points,
small images, and excessive teleprompter text) into a more effective and more collaborative multimedia production.

In order to complete our task, we will all contribute to a single VoiceThread using uploaded images, sounds, and
narration. Go to http://newtrier.ed.voicethread.com and log in to see it. Your particular design assignment will force
you to make choices: ask yourself, what will appear on the screen versus what will be “said” by the presenter?

Our design must remain consistent throughout the entire presentation. Please make sure you adhere to the following:

1. Slide font: Adobe Caslon Pro

2. Images: must fill the entire slide (>100k in size, landscape orientation)
3. Words: no more than two lines of text per slide. No bullet points allowed! 11/17/09

Here are some examples of slide redesign (note the increase in total number of slides from 2 to 5+):
!!
(BEFORE)

16th C Context: Religious Violence

!! France + Paris
Absolute Monarchies = overwhelmingly
Catholic
!! Huguenots
Featuring: France and Louis XIV = French Protestants
!!"!#"$%&
!! St. Bartholemew’s
Day Massacre (1572)
!! Civil War

Henry (IV) the Huguenot Henry (IV) the Huguenot

!! Converts to !! Henry restored
Catholicism (1589) authority & order
!! Rebuilt bureaucracy
!! Edict of Nantes !! Collected taxes
(1598) for strong army
!! Freedom of worship !! Oversaw justice
!! Repaired roads
!! Allow set up churches
!! Encouraged new
!! Civil rights same as businesses
Catholics !! Assassination (1610)
!! Right to defend towns
“Paris is worth a Huguenots
Mass” = French Protestants
(AFTER)
(1572)

Huguenots = French Protestants

Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu (1572)
Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII
!! The Estates General !! Richelieu encouraged
!! Richelieu increased Mercantilism
power of monarchy !! Richelieu
strengthened
!! Religious Freedom
BUT no more defense
merchants and