<h3><u>Absolutist forms of rule affected social and political development from 1648-1815:</u></h3>
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.
