Question

Explain how absolutist forms of rule affected social and political development from 1648-1815

Answer 1

Absolutist forms of rule affected social and political development from 1648-1815:

• The era from 1648 to 1815 was delineated by two important climatic events in European history — "the Peace of Westphalia" in 1648 and the "Congress of Vienna" in 1814-1815.

• The political developments were complemented by the rapid regional and global growth of European economic systems.  

• This Age of Absolutism discuss about a period of 'European history' during 1648-1814 in which 'monarchs successfully hoarded all the wealth and power' of the state to themselves and claimed themselves as the superior.  

• Absolutism culminated during 1648-1814 as a type of political system that gave away all the power in the hands of hereditary monarchs.

• An important anomaly was the constitutionalism development in Dutch and the England Republic, where legislatures contained the 'rulers' power'.

• By the end of the era, "Enlightenment" thought had "spawned an interest" in democratic government.