Wednesday, January 11, 2017
European Absolutism and Tyranny
During the 16th and 17th one C was a catch of gravid upheaval in Europe. spiritual and territorial conflicts caused continuous warfare, which caused the presidency to lay heavier taxes on the despicable populations to maintain the large standing(a) army. The pressures brought the peasants to revolt. In response, as direct rulers, monarchs tried to increase their stimulate power. They created new regimen bureaucracies to accommodate the economy of their country. Their goal was to authorisation all the aspect of society, with no limitations. Only with the freedom, they could rule as the positive monarchs. Absolute monarchs believed in divine rights, which they acted as the translator of God on Earth. They however answered to God, not to his or her subjects. The European absolutism was a period of tyranny, due to the heavy gross toward the peasants, the limit amount of freedom, and the sour rules that the absolute monarchs control at.\nThe absolute monarchs compel hea vy taxes on the peasants which caused their country staggered in debt and accidental injury its economy. \nEvery year, the King of Spain had an income of tailfin one million million millions of gold, further his expenses were six millions, and this superfluous is covered by iniquitous taxes according to the aspects that he ruled over (Document 8). The change magnitude taxation let the absolute monarchs to build up the government, but also the government was plunged into the staggering debt. As the Debt of regal Family chart showed that the year 1643 the debt was four hundred million livres, and it steadily increased until 1683. After, it increased much more(prenominal) than ever. During the year 1715, the debt was about 2000 million livres. The increased amount of the debts because the changeless warfare that France fought and Louis XIV had constructed the palace of Versailles (Document 10). King of Spain already got rafts of gold from other countries, but it was not en ough for him to catch the expenses. To overcome the expenses, he imposed heavier tax...
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