The rival countries of France and England both came up with a political ruling system that was 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 rulership. 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 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 granted his wish, so therefore the edict of Nantes was passed. Louis now had the divine right as ruler. This meant that whatever he said goes only because he was sent from God and you can never question anyone sent from God. This was a powerful theory because many believed in God and in the bible so they feared for their lives. Louis was called the "sun king" because everything radiated from him. He was able to say I am the state and everyone was to follow this. He was an absolute monarch, therefore he did whatever he had to do to make everyone else follow his rules whether it meant war or not. Louise only allowed the nobles who supported him to retain their titles and this was not fair for everyone else.
             In contrast, Engl...