How did absolute monarchs gain, consolidate and maintain power

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Alexandra

25 April, 10:16

How did absolute monarchs gain, consolidate and maintain power

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Belen Massey · Answer 1

The monarch was able to maintain absolute control over the society with the addition of feudalism, which involved people being placed into different estates of power, such as: clergy, nobility and peasants. An absolute monarchy can best be seen in the words of Louis XIV in France when he proclaimed "I am the state".

Trace Waters · Answer 2

Absolute monarchy, or absolutism, meant that the ultimate authority to run a state was in the hands of a king who ruled by divine right ... Because kings and queens were given their authority by god, their power was unconditional.