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    which is sort of the very definition of hubris. Lear does not represent that of wisdom of a king‚ as a father‚ as a leader‚ as a friend. It is unnatural for a King to retire his crown to divide his country‚ to basically retire his Divine. Right Monarchy. It is also unnatural for an old man to not attain wisdom with age; King Lear does not possess wisdom until he loses his mind. It is the nature‚ also of daughters to love loving fathers. Everything that should come “naturally” seems to be reversed

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    Provinces became another model of the development of the modern constitutional state. The government of the country had none of the normal ideas of seventeenth-century politics. This interesting form of government developed by the Dutch was not a monarchy‚ but instead it was a fierce republic. In each province‚ regents‚ or wealthy businessmen‚ handled the domestic affairs in the local

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    powerful coercive force within a country‚ so the rules about how a government should exercise power are very important.” (Palmer‚ 2012) New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy and it has a Westminster system of Government that is modelled after the government of the United Kingdom. This establishes that New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy‚ with Queen Elizabeth II as its sovereign and official head of state‚ represented by the Governor-General of New Zealand. The position is merely symbolic as the

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    There are mainly two types of governments that emerged during the seventeenth century. Most of the political development took place in France and England. Absolute monarchy took over throughout France while constitutionalism‚ or parliamentary monarchy‚ was becoming popular in England between 1640 and 1780. France’s absolute monarchy developed because of the nobles and kings focused on the concept of divine right. England‚ on the other hand‚ developed through the businessmen and landowners trying

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    people with a great deal of power. Even the rulers were required to obey the laws‚ and there was not only one person with complete control over everyone and everything. The definition of absolutism is "A term applied to strong centralized continental monarchies that attempted to make royal power dominant over aristocracies and other regional authorities." (Kagan) The definition of constitutionalism is "A form of government in which power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that must be obeyed

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    England‚ the mighty queen of the Great Britain; Louis XIV‚ the majestic sun king of France. However‚ during the Middle Age‚ which is the era before absolutism was pervasive‚ there are three main factors that restrict the development of absolute monarchy. First‚ when Roman empire was still flourished‚ the Holy Church

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    did a very clever thing‚ he took the nobles power out of the government. And to make sure they didn’t realize that their power was being taken away slowly he gave them positions in the army (doc.7). This now made france a true absolute monarchy. All the power was now in louis xiv. He made all the decisions and no one could stop or disagree with him. Unlike the middle ages where the system of government was the feudal system and the nobles contained a great deal of power this

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    Paper 3 During the early modern era there emerged all over Europe absolute monarchy. Monarchs were no longer completely tied down by the nobility and exercised much more power. Two examples of such absolute monarchs are the Czar of Russia‚ Peter the Great and the King of France‚ Louis XIV. These two are the epitome of absolutism‚ and someone with absolute power will usually not have a very benevolent relationship with their inferiors. They had domineering control of their subjects and paranoid suspicions

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    The Byzantine Empire’s government was a dynastic monarchy‚ although occasionally an usurper would seize the throne. They called their ruler the basileus (a Greek word meaning emperor). Christianity was the official religion. Religion was closely tied to the government‚ as the basileus was often believed to be god’s representative on Earth and religious leaders had a lot of power. The emperor was in fact crowned by the Patriarch of the church. The Byzantine Empire was divided into sections called

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    What are some of the common characteristics of the new monarchs? -Extended their rule by expanding their lands and territories. A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy‚ a form of government in which a country or entity is usually ruled or controlled by an individual. 7) What is the fundamental difference between absolute monarchy and a constitutional government? -In a constitutional government‚ the power of the government is limited by some set of rules or document‚ which sets out the powers

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