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ABSOLUTISM AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
absolutism: france under Louis XIV
17th century
authoritarian monarchies of some kingdoms
developed into absolute monarchies
supported
belief that the king held power
over everybody else
main proponents of absolutism
Jacques Bossuet
believed that kings had a divine right to power
Thomas Hobbes
absolutism was the result of a social pact between subjects and a monarchy
absolute monarchies
ideology defending the king’s supremacy
growing centralisation and the monarchy’s governmental bodies
permanent army of professional soldiers
royal treasury able to raise revenue
marginalisation of the courts
courts and parliaments of kingdoms
resistant to absolutist tendencies of the monarchs
rivarly resulted in submitting to a pact
imitations of the power of each side
it led to confrontations
most representative example of absolute monarchy
Louis XIV of France
later
ordered the construction of
a great Royal Palace of Versailles
beginning of his reign
Fronde took place
series of civil wars
nobility, cities and provinces with their parliaments fighting
THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM IN ENGLAND
Unlike the French system
other territories
where the monarch’s power was controlled
by courts and parliaments
Venice and the Dutch Republ
england
his control was to protect
absolutist pretensions of the monarchy
the Stuart dynasty tried
disassociate itself from Parliament
after the victory of Parlamentarian army
Charles I was executed
James II was overthrown
