The correct answer is A) the Church, which wanted to ban absolute monarchies, lost influence in Eastern Europe.
Absolute monarchies were more common in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe because the Church, which wanted to ban absolute monarchies, lost influence in Eastern Europe.
The term absolute monarchy refers to the political system in which the king is the absolute ruler of the reign, with no opposition at all to his will. Absolute monarchies gave the King total control of his kingdom and punished people who tried to express against the crown.
Absolute monarchies in Europe were the kingdom of Spain, the reign of France under Louis XIV, the tzars in Russia, Prussia, Sweden, and Denmark-Norway.
