Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Characteristics of Absolutism
- A permanent system of taxes
- Existence of royal family
with inheritance rights
- Divine-right theory
- Effective use of the army,
laws, and religion to control
population
- Consolidation of absolute
power by the monarchs
- Conflicts between kings for
the possession of territories
- Trade and finances enable
the enrichment of the bourgeoisie
- Life-long tenure of the
monarch