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  1. Absolute monarchy is a variation of the governmental form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws, legislature, or customs. In France, Louis XIV was the most famous exemplar of absolute monarchy, with his court central to French political and cultural ...

  2. By the 16th century monarchical absolutism prevailed in much of western Europe, and it was widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries. Besides France, whose absolutism was epitomized by Louis XIV, absolutism existed in a variety of other European countries, including Spain, Prussia, and Austria.

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  3. In other words, the opportunity to enter the highest ranks of the nobility, which had long been available in France, was simply emphasized by Louis XIV. As the greatest nobleman in France, he had no doubt that he must retain the prestige and privileges of the nobility; but he knew equally well that the nobility should not become a caste closed ...

  4. Contents. Home Geography & Travel Countries of the World. The monarchy of France. The kingdom of France was descended directly from the western Frankish realm ceded to Charles the Bald in 843. Not until 987 was the Carolingian dynastic line set aside, but there had been portentous interruptions.

  5. 16 de dic. de 2013 · On the king and his ministers see. Julian Swann, ‘From Servant of the King toIdol of the Nation”: The Breakdown of Personal Monarchy in Louis XVIs France’, in Julian Swann and Joel Félix (eds), The Crisis of the Absolute Monarchy: From Old Regime to Revolution (Oxford, 2013) . 18.