What Is Absolutism?

• Absolutism
  http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9003402
• The Rise of Absolutism
  http://www.worldciv1.homestead.com/ABSOLUTISM.html
• Sommaire-Chateau de Versailles
  http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/
• Antoine Watteau's Portrait of Louis XIV
  http://www.wga.hu/art/r/rigaud/louis_14.jpg
• Louis XIV (by Rigaud)
  http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/un_chef_d_oeuvre_35.php
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook
• History of Absolutism
• Absolute Monarchy and Enlightened Absolutism
  Short overview by Richard Hooker, Washington State University
• Major forms of Absolutism
  Short Article by the "Encyclopædia Britannica"
• Château de Versailles
  The official site of Versailles Castle contains a calendar of events, biographies and masterpieces
• Les images de pouvoir à l'époque de Louis XIV
  Illustrated sites about culture and society at the age of the "Sun King"
• Louis XIV
  Webpresentation of the "Sun King" by Elena Steingrad
• Reign of Louis XIV
• HistoryWiz: Absolutism
•  Louis XIV - This is perhaps the most revealing site on Louis because it contains accounts of Louis by those who knew him. It is a very enlightening and educational read.

   

What Is Totalitarianism ?

• Totalitarianism
  http://home.pacific.net.hk/~tkchung/hists/total/total.htm
• Welcome to the Totalitarianism Source Page
  http://www.angelfire.com/ma/totalitarianism/is.html