HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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centralizing their power
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expanding their territories
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increasing the size of their navies
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continuing to support the feudal system
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Detailed explanation-1: -Their goal was to control every aspect of society. Absolute monarchs believed in divine right, the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on earth. An absolute monarch answered only to God, not to his or her subjects.
Detailed explanation-2: -In an absolutist state, monarchs often required nobles to live in the royal palace, while state officials ruled the noble lands in their absence. This was designed to reduce the effective power of the nobility by causing nobles to become reliant upon the largesses of the monarch for their livelihoods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most common defense of monarchical absolutism, known as “the divine right of kings” theory, asserted that kings derived their authority from God. This view could justify even tyrannical rule as divinely ordained punishment, administered by rulers, for human sinfulness.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most prominent monarch who fully embodied absolutist principles was Louis XIV, called the Sun King, who ruled France from 1643 to 1715.