HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Phillip II
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Louis XIV
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Frederick the Great
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James II
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Detailed explanation-1: -Louis serves as an excellent example of the absolute monarch who commanded complete loyalty and imposed his vision on his country without consideration of the consequences. A tutor to his son once said, “As God’s representative on Earth, the king was entitled to unquestioning obedience.
Detailed explanation-2: -They would set up large royal courts. These were an extended royal household, including all those who regularly attend to the monarch and royal family. Monarchs would do this in order to appear more powerful and to control the nobility. They also regulated religion to control the spread of ideas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Louis XVI came to the throne in 1774. He was an absolute monarch, which meant that he was not bound by a constitution, so had complete power. Like many other European monarchs, Louis believed his power had been given to him by God. Louis was a ‘family-man’.
Detailed explanation-4: -In theory, the king had major authority over the influence of religion, the class fragmentation of society and politics. Even so, practically, Louis XIV was heavily dependent on the support and action of his ‘agents’ like the Nobility, Parlement and Intendants.