The Myth of Absolutism

The Myth of Absolutism
Author: Nicholas Henshall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317899547

Conventionally, ``absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of ``absolutism'' in action -- continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and England -- dissolves the traditional picture to reveal a much more complex reality; and in so doing illuminates the varied ways in which early-modern Europe was governed.

Absolutism in Seventeenth-century Europe

Absolutism in Seventeenth-century Europe
Author: John Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1990
Genre: Despotism
ISBN:

Annotation Most Seventeenth Century European Monarchs ruled territories which were culturally and institutionally diverse. Forced by the escalating scale of war to mobilise evermore men and money they tried to bring these territories under closer control, overriding regional and sectional liberties. This was justified by a theory stressing the monarchs absolute power and his duty to place the good of his state before particular interests. The essays of this volume analyse this process in states at very different stages of economic and political development and assess the great gulf that often existed between the monarchs power in theory and in practice.

Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution

Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution
Author: Glenn Burgess
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780300065329

The long-accepted standard view is that the gradual polarization of Court and Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I reflected the split between absolutists (who upheld the divine right of the monarchy to rule) and constitutionalists (who resisted tyranny by insisting the monarch was subject to law) and resulted inevitably in civil war.

ABSOLUTISM IN EUROPE

ABSOLUTISM IN EUROPE
Author: Narayan Changder
Publisher: CHANGDER OUTLINE
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2024-05-13
Genre: History
ISBN:

THE ABSOLUTISM IN EUROPE MCQ (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) SERVES AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AIMING TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, CLASS TESTS, QUIZ COMPETITIONS, AND SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS. WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MCQS, THIS BOOK EMPOWERS YOU TO ASSESS YOUR GRASP OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND YOUR PROFICIENCY LEVEL. BY ENGAGING WITH THESE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION. DIVE INTO THE ABSOLUTISM IN EUROPE MCQ TO EXPAND YOUR ABSOLUTISM IN EUROPE KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEL IN QUIZ COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC STUDIES, OR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH PAGE, MAKING IT EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY THEIR ANSWERS AND PREPARE EFFECTIVELY.

Monarchism and Absolutism in Early Modern Europe

Monarchism and Absolutism in Early Modern Europe
Author: Cesare Cuttica
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 131732224X

The 14 essays in this volume look at both the theory and practice of monarchical governments from the Thirty Years War up until the time of the French Revolution. Contributors aim to unravel the constructs of ‘absolutism’ and ‘monarchism’, examining how the power and authority of monarchs was defined through contemporary politics and philosophy.

Political Discourse in Early Modern Britain

Political Discourse in Early Modern Britain
Author: Nicholas Phillipson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 462
Release: 1993-02-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 052139242X

Inspired by the work of intellectual historian J. G. A. Pocock, this 1993 collection explores the political ideologies of early modern Britain.

Henry Parker and the English Civil War

Henry Parker and the English Civil War
Author: Michael Mendle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2003-11-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521521314

Professor Mendle situates each of Parker's significant tracts in its polemical, intellectual, and political context.