Age of Absolutism

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The Age of Absolutism was a period in early modern European history when powerful monarchs centralized authority and ruled with near-unchecked power, often justified by the doctrine of divine right.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Age of Absolutism canonical 3
French absolutism 1
Old Regime Europe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern era period ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
endTime 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Age of Revolutions ⓘ
follows Reformation ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
Wars of Religion ⓘ
hasCharacteristic centralized monarchical authority ⓘ
court culture centered on monarch ⓘ
limited role of representative institutions ⓘ
mercantilist economic policies ⓘ
near-unchecked royal power ⓘ
reduced power of nobility ⓘ
religious uniformity policies ⓘ
standing armies under royal control ⓘ
strong bureaucratic states ⓘ
use of divine right ideology ⓘ
hasDoctrine divine right of kings ⓘ
mercantilism ⓘ
raison d'état ⓘ
hasNotableExample French absolutism under Louis XIV ⓘ
Prussian militarized absolutism ⓘ
Russian absolutism under Peter the Great ⓘ
Spanish Habsburg monarchy in the 17th century ⓘ
Swedish absolutism under Charles XI ⓘ
hasPart English Civil War context ⓘ
Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
French Revolution context ⓘ
Glorious Revolution context ⓘ
Great Northern War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
Thirty Years' War aftermath ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
reign of Charles I of England ⓘ
reign of Charles XI of Sweden ⓘ
reign of Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
reign of Frederick I of Prussia ⓘ
reign of Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
reign of Frederick William the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
reign of James I of England ⓘ
reign of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
reign of Louis XIII of France ⓘ
reign of Louis XIV of France ⓘ
reign of Louis XV of France ⓘ
reign of Louis XVI of France ⓘ
reign of Maria Theresa of Austria ⓘ
reign of Peter the Great of Russia ⓘ
reign of Philip IV of Spain ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment critiques of monarchy ⓘ
development of modern centralized states ⓘ
revolutionary movements in late 18th century ⓘ
influencedBy Catholic Counter-Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation

Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation

military revolution in early modern Europe ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
mainProponent Charles XI of Sweden ⓘ
Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Peter the Great of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Peter the Great

Philip IV of Spain ⓘ
opposedBy Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ
bourgeois elites in certain regions ⓘ
noble revolts ⓘ
parliaments in some countries ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
typicalGovernmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
enlightened absolutism ⓘ
usedInstitution professional bureaucracies ⓘ
royal councils ⓘ
state-controlled churches ⓘ
state-controlled standing armies ⓘ
usedInstrument censorship ⓘ
intendants in France ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ
royal decrees ⓘ
secret police in some states ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Rocroi → historicalEra → Age of Absolutism ⓘ
Bavarian Estates → historicalPeriod → Old Regime Europe ⓘ
linked to: Age of Absolutism
House of Saxe-Eisenach → historicalEra → Age of Absolutism ⓘ
Politique tirée des propres paroles de l’Écriture sainte → influencedBy → French absolutism ⓘ
linked to: Age of Absolutism
War of the Reapers → temporalContext → Age of Absolutism ⓘ