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    Absolute monarchy or absolutism means that the sovereign power or ultimate authority in the state rested in the hands of a king who claimed to rule by divine right. Kangxi and Louis XIV were both shining examples for absolutist rule. Age of Absolutism was between 1610 and 1789. Absolutism is a term used to depict a type of monarchical power that was not at all restrained by institutions‚ for example‚ legislatures‚ social elites‚ or churches. Both Kangxi and Louis X1V were absolute monarchs

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    attend school‚ and taught a humanist curriculum. During the Renaissance the values and purposes of education was to gain social status or self-development and to fight oppression but these values and purposes were often challenged in order to allow absolute monarchy. Aeneas Piccolomini; Battista Guarino in Method of Teaching and Learning; and Francesco Guicciardini all support that the values and purposes of education was to gain social status or self-development. In Method of Teaching and Learning

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    APPENDIX…………………………………………………………………………..19 INTRODUCTION The British monarchy is one of the oldest monarchies in the world. Although the monarchy has changed quite a bit over centuries‚ the British monarch is still one of the most recognizable world figures. The subject of my work is studying of modern political system of Great Britain‚ its constitutional monarchy‚ its influence on the country and its importance. The object of my work is the reign of

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    opposite to Hobbes. Locke’s was of thinking was that people are born with non-negotiable rights and that they have the right to own property. Furthermore‚ Locke did not swallow the idea of an absolute monarch and took the path of a democracy. In regards to Hobbes‚ people give up their rights to the monarch in return for conservation and protection. Another essential difference between the two theories is the approach to man. Locke was more lenient in his belief in humans for instance people where

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    Charles the First became king in England‚ (also in Scotland) in 1625. He caused many problems with the Parliament because he believed in absolute monarchy. At one point Parliament limited Charles The First’s power and he went along with a petition they had made but soon dismissed the Parliament.King Charles the First made some bold moves against parliament‚ besides not listening to their guidance. Because of his stubbornness‚ so to speak‚ a civil war came about between the crown and parliament in

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    In 1642 England was starting to seek for changes in the way their government was set up. John Locke and Samuel Rutherford were the leaders of this change‚ calling for the removal of an absolute monarch. Their works would be opposed by the ideas of Thomas Hobbes‚ during this eighteen-year civil war in England. The ideas represented in this period would heavily influence the way England’s government would be set up in the eighteenth century. In 1644 Bishop Ross‚ also known as John Maxwell‚ published

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    others‚ but always obeying the law of nature. People have the power to overthrow the king if he is not being just with his subjects; people have absolute right to choose a governor‚ and it should not be all about the ‘great chain of being’‚ a term Locke finds ridiculous because the governor should be elected by people and not by blood. An absolute monarch is illegitimate because we are all born equals. Locke says that there are three fundamental rights for a human being: life‚ liberty and property

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    control under his authority in France while Constitutionalism in England failed to create absolute monarchy. Constitutionalism in England dealt with James I‚ Charles I‚ and James II that led to a catastrophe. Absolutism in France was much more secure than Constitutionalism in England because Louis XIV had powerful standing armies. Louis came to a decision to chaos and anarchy was absolute power. Absolute monarchs created standing armies recruited‚ paid‚ and trained by the state. The

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    Absolutism In the course of the 17th century‚ absolutistic regime spread‚ with varied degrees of success‚ across much of Continental Europe. In most countries‚ absolute monarchy became the form of the government. In England‚ although the monarch had no absolute power‚ its parliament‚ a governing body mainly made up aristocrats‚ was placed supremacy over the king. Supreme authority over secular matters of a country was developed for the first time in Europe. Because of a number of conditions and

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    Absolutism is a concept that rose during the late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century. The idea of Absolutism consisted of a belief that each country has a divine right from G-d to rule. Within each country‚ an absolute monarch rose to power. Each absolute monarch was economically in charge of taxes and politically in charge of mobilizing an army. Over time‚ Absolutism transforms into a social movement in which a king is in total control of his kingdom economically and politically.

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