HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Base your answer to the following question on the quotation below on your knowledge of social studies.” ____ Finally, let us put together the things so great and so august (exalted) which we have said about royal authority. Behold an immense people united in a single person; behold this holy power, paternal and absolute; behold the secret cause which governs the whole body of the state, contained in a single head:you see the image of God in the king, and you have the idea of royal majesty. God is holiness itself, goodness itself, and power itself. In these things lies the majesty of God. In the image of these things lies the majesty of the prince ____ “-Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, 1679In this passage, Bossuet was describing the power held by
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Charlemagne
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Joan of Arc
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Robespierre
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Louis XIV
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Which quotation would most likely have been made by an absolute monarch? “It is the parliament that must make the laws.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Peter the Great was, in many respects, comparable to Louis XIV of France, who ruled at the same time. Both aspired to extend their empires and consolidate their power while adhering to absolute principles throughout their reigns.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “divine right” idea was used to bolster the idea of the absolute sovereignty of the king. The absolute monarch was seen to transcend–and in political terms if not social terms–dissolve all orders and ranks. All were equal under the king; to exercise power, one must gain the king’s favor.
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