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Absolutism (pp 381-83) (france as prototype: the theoretical subordination of all elements of socio-economic power structure to the crown. (taxes are the key index of actual subordination, actual reduction of or breaking of ties to local patronage networks. They then had to depend on he crown. Louis did this to prevent resistance: ministes report directly to monarchy (cabinet system) no legislature, professional army, uniformed, professional officers, standards, barracks. Absolutism appears to triumph (france) (louis was not able to tax the federal goverent. The new secular theory: the theory of the contract (ruler and those he rules) (an element of modernity, individuals with property possess natural political rights. Individuals delegate some of their natural rights to the state, for specific ends. For hobbes the most important thing is the creation of order in society: england. Power is greater when the subjects tax themselves for agreed ends: france. La fran trying to get right to tax nobles led to french revolution: elsewhere.
