Absolute Monarchies During The Age Of Absolutism

Absolute monarchies were very dominant political systems during the age of absolutism. The aspect of an absolute monarchy that made it so successful was the complete control that each ruler was able to gain over the country. The dictionary definition of an absolute monarchy is when there is one ruler whom has total control without laws or a constitution to hold him back from giving any orders. This was a very helpful system for many of the rulers during the Age of Absolutism. During this time it was common for one person to be head of state however the rulers who took upon this political system were sometimes negatively affected. There were four main examples of rulers who affected their whole government negatively due to their absolute monarchy. These rulers were Louis XIV(the sun god), Peter the great the tsar of Russia, Charles I, and Philip II. These rulers were able to grow large empires through the ideas of a absolute monarchy. However, their empires were also weakened by absolutism because as enlightenment ideas came to the people they began to realize the unfairness going on. The people began to yearn for equality and started to revolt

The people did not know who should rightfully rule over them. Ideas of a Diving Ruler began to come about. Nobody knew exactly what route to take in order to find a good ruler. All the people knew was that in order to gain peace and order throughout the country that a new government should be established. They also knew that the idea of one person having absolute control over a control was never successful as well. The power always got to their heads and they became greedy which caused the country to weaken. There were many policies and strict reform that was taken place during the absolutism period that weakened the empires because people did not agree with some of the reforms and laws that the monarchy