Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13 (2)
zero-sum, I can only win if you lose world view ends up exhausting resources rather than expanding them. By the
end of his reign, the idea of absolutist rules was being thrown into question. An English critic called
absolutist France a " State full of boils and wounds and putrid sores "
exiled Huguenots called the French under Louis " slaves. " his rule directed only " to satisfy both his
ambition and his vengeance ." Again, satisfying ones ambition and ones vengeance makes you a great reality TV contestant
But maybe not necessarily the perfect king
So absolutism can be seen as a form of tyrannical rule demanding religious, economic and social conformity
based on a political theory of monarchical divinity
It cost huge amounts in taxation and loss of life in wars to create this system of civility to royal power and
it was pretty disempowering to the French public. But then again the rise of a political system of power sharing in England called
Constitutionalism wasn't really less violent. Although it did enshrine certain ideas about human rights
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