HIS244H1 Lecture 4: Lecture 4-January 19.docx
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What is royal absolutism -a system of government in which all members of society owes obedience/allegiance to the king. Only the absolute could prevent peoples life to be haughty, brutish, short . There are four characters of qualities essential to royal authority: first, royal authority is sacred; second, it is paternal; third, it is absolute; fourth it is ruled by reason. (1709) Absolute monarch-term is a little misleading, although there was separation from the king and the nobility. Absolute dynasty-pre-figured absolute monarchy in the 16th century. The theory of absoultuism slowly came into the program-but is wasn"t concreate during the time of. When he took the throne of france he converted to catholicm which would come back to bite him. As king of france he was tolerant towards protestants. He had to soothe the situation in france between the catholics and protestants. Having solved the protestant problem-he cultibated the image of a culture warrior king.
