Ledlecreeper27: Image

2025-02-03T22:53:18Z

Image

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:53, 3 February 2025
Line 1:		Line 1:
			[[File:Louis XIV painting.png\|thumb\|271x271px\|Painting of [[Louis XIV Bourbon]] of [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]], the longest-reigning absolute monarch in history]]
	'''Absolutism''' was an especially [[reactionary]] form of European [[monarchism]] that existed during the transition from [[feudalism]] to [[capitalism]]. It reduced the power of feudal lords and centralized power under the monarchy in order to combat the rising [[bourgeoisie]]. Trade and towns remained underdeveloped, and [[science]] and culture were repressed. Absolutist regimes often involved harsh religious repression exemplified by the [[Inquisition]] in [[Monarchy of Spain (1516–1700)\|Spain]] and the [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|French]] persecution of the [[Huguenots]].<ref name=":0222">{{Citation\|author=Neil Faulkner\|year=2013\|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals\|chapter=The First Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions\|page=96–103\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf\|publisher=Pluto Press\|isbn=9781849648639\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref>		'''Absolutism''' was an especially [[reactionary]] form of European [[monarchism]] that existed during the transition from [[feudalism]] to [[capitalism]]. It reduced the power of feudal lords and centralized power under the monarchy in order to combat the rising [[bourgeoisie]]. Trade and towns remained underdeveloped, and [[science]] and culture were repressed. Absolutist regimes often involved harsh religious repression exemplified by the [[Inquisition]] in [[Monarchy of Spain (1516–1700)\|Spain]] and the [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|French]] persecution of the [[Huguenots]].<ref name=":0222">{{Citation\|author=Neil Faulkner\|year=2013\|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals\|chapter=The First Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions\|page=96–103\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf\|publisher=Pluto Press\|isbn=9781849648639\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref>

Ledlecreeper27: Created

2023-05-07T14:59:14Z

Created

New page

'''Absolutism''' was an especially [[reactionary]] form of European [[monarchism]] that existed during the transition from [[feudalism]] to [[capitalism]]. It reduced the power of feudal lords and centralized power under the monarchy in order to combat the rising [[bourgeoisie]]. Trade and towns remained underdeveloped, and [[science]] and culture were repressed. Absolutist regimes often involved harsh religious repression exemplified by the [[Inquisition]] in [[Monarchy of Spain (1516–1700)|Spain]] and the [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)|French]] persecution of the [[Huguenots]].<ref name=":0222">{{Citation|author=Neil Faulkner|year=2013|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals|chapter=The First Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions|page=96–103|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781849648639|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Absolute monarchy]]
* [[Fascism]]

== References ==
[[Category:Right-wing ideologies]]
[[Category:Medieval history]]

Absolutism - Revision history

Ledlecreeper27: Image

Ledlecreeper27: Created