HIS109Y1 Study Guide - Sidereus Nuncius, French Revolution, Montesquieu
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Richelieu"s actions made king louis xiii possess absolute power where he could act without any restrictions. However it is beneficial because there would only one leader who would take money from you and the leader could also protect you from foreign invasion easily. Absolutism was also seen as a solution to the 30 years war and reformation. Thomas hobbes -seeks to find order in the age of disorder. Rejects the idea of divine right of king. Wrote the leviathan that argues necessary evil, which is the monarch, is needed for the sake of the state as he sees issues that citizens do not and believes in the greater good for the greatest number of people. This idea sets the foundation of the absolute state. His argument introduces politics that is not supernatural or divine but a rational way of making society better. Louis xiv -the creation of the first proper absolute monarch.
