Subject:
Tags:
Page ? PAGE ?3? ?COMPARE AND CONTRAST ABSOLUTISM VS. CONSTITUTIONALISM ? TWO MODELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE 17TH CENTURY DECIDING FACTORS: Revenue?Concerns Religious?Factors Institutional?Differences Personalities Social?Concerns By the close of the 17th century, after decades of civil and religious strife, France and England had two very different political directions. ENGLAND had developed into a CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH with RELIGIOUS TOLERATION. By contrast, FRANCE developed an ABSOLUTIST, CENTRALIZED FORM OF GOVERNMENT dominated by a monarchy that shared little power with any other national institutions and prohibited all religions but ROMAN CATHOLICISM.
