How did absolutism evolve in the seventeenth century in Spain, France, and Austria?
RRULERS IN ABSOLUTIST STATES asserted that, because they were chosen by God, they were responsible to God alone. Under the rule of absolutism, monarchs claimed exclusive power to make and enforce laws, denying any other institution or group the authority to check their power. Spain, France, and Austria provide three key examples of the development of the absolutist state.
Spanish Troops The long wars that Spain fought over Dutch independence, in support of Habsburg interests in Germany, and against France left the country militarily exhausted and financially drained by the mid-