Absolute monarchies often contained two key features: hereditary rules and divine right of kings. ... This furthered the power of a monarch because it ensured that the king or queen did not get their power from the people, and therefore the people had not control or say over the monarchs rule.
<em><u>They eradicated feudalism by consolidating governmental power in the Crown at the expense of semi-autonomous feudal demesnes. They formalised the nation-state as the basic unit of political representation in international relations, thereby neutering the international and political agency of the landed aristocracy.</u></em>
