Absolutism: -Middle Ages/renaissance-Struggle for more power -Monarchs (Kings/Queens) wanted to have absolute (all) power.
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Absolute Monarchs in Europe. Setting the Stage…. The end of the Middle Ages saw the development of more powerful European monarchies. As feudalism declined,
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