France vs England

The rival countries of France and England both came up with a political ruling system that were opposing to each other during the seventeenth century. France developed an absolute system, while England developed a constitutional monarchy. Each of these systems came sprung about because of one major impact in the lives of the people. In France, King Louis XIV was an absolute monarch that believed that everything else should also be absolute. In England, as a result of the glorious revolution, England developed a constitutional monarchy. There were areas in which contributed to each country choosing their mode of ruler ship. Areas such as political problems, social beings, economic status, and most of all religious matters. England’s political system of constitutional monarchy was more effective than France’s approach to centralizing uniformity.

In France, Louis the XIV was an absolute monarch. This meant that he was the ruler of rulers. Louis was treated as if he was God, and this was because he was viewed as God. Louis cut a deal with the Pope by telling him the he would make all of France Catholic if he would have a greater share of the more important church revenues, and more control over the Arch Bishops. He was

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After Louis’s death, he was not the popular man that he once was, and the idea of absolutism was questioned which makes it not an effective system if people are questioning his ruler ship. In England, William and Mary passed the Bill of Rights that completely changed the lives of many.

In England, there were many religious disputes because there were Anglicans, Puritans, and Catholics. Parliament was able to come in the lead and stay firm and win because the King was not able to receive tax revenue. England experienced the glorious revolution which did not address the idea of monarchy, but rather who would be monarch.

The struggle between Catholics and Calvinism played a significant role in the outbreak of the war, which was a dealing that caused a dispute on what religion was going to dominate. This meant that idea of centralization was not working for Louis. Since Louis dominated his ministers and secretaries, this gave him absolute control over monarchial power and he had the right to abuse it which he did. Louise only allowed the nobles who supported him to retain their titles and this was not fair for everyone else.

In contrary England reacted differently to religious, political, social, and economic crisis.

France in the Sixteenth and seventeenth century experienced problems and two major ones were the witch craft hysteria, and the Thirty Year War. England passes the declaration of rights which said that the King can act as head of the state but must call parliament frequently and parliament has the right of free speech.

Fewer people would be persecuted for religious matters and this was highly important for the lives of these people because the church was their everyday life. This caused political unrest between nobles and peasants which fed onto the cause of an absolute system. During this time period, many women were killed because of being falsely accused of having dealings with the devil.

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