HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
Question
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Absolute Monarchy
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Constitutional Monarchy
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Republic
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Theocracy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Absolute monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch rules in their own right or power. In an absolute monarchy, the king or queen is by no means limited and has absolute power, though a limited constitution may exist in some countries. These are often hereditary monarchies.
Detailed explanation-2: -absolutism, the political doctrine and practice of unlimited centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch or dictator.
Detailed explanation-3: -dictatorship, form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.
Detailed explanation-4: -The reign of Louis XIV is often referred to as “Le Grand Siècle” (the Great Century), forever associated with the image of an absolute monarch and a strong, centralised state. Coming to the throne at a tender age, tutored by Cardinal Mazarin, the Sun King embodied the principles of absolutism.