Absolutist Monarchies Dbq Analysis

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There is a big gap in the way subjects and rulers view absolutist monarchies because rulers oversee everything, nobles are bias because they want to be in a position of a ruler, and peasants get the shorter end of the stick with heavy taxation and limited freedom. There were many economic problems from subjects’ point of view of absolutist monarchies. Subjects felt as if, “no man was free,” Doc. 5, due to heavy taxation. Taxes were rough and, “the Kingdom of Bohemia was like a statue which was collapsing,” Doc. 4, due to peasants being the, “sole taxpayers,” Doc. 4. Taxes seemed to be the biggest role of economic downfall in absolutist monarchies. Taxes focused on “the poor people paying heavy taxes which the nobility and clergy were exempted,” Doc.…show more content…
The social problems usually focused on the nobles during this time. Yet still called subjects, they were very bias because they wanted to be rulers. One noble saw and seemed to focus solely on, “unknown means ruined an infinite number of people of all classes, who never could discover the cause; often ruined them very unjustly,” Doc. 3, and they believed that, “the king, once prejudiced, never altered his opinion,” Doc. 1. Nobles had it in their head that the king was just out to get them, and while it may seem like that, it could be fairly argued. Although on the other hand, the strict and untrustful ways King Louis XIV spied and talked in secret probably did affect people in many ways. Another noble in Russia claimed, “if the pressure is beyond measure…a dangerous indignation results, turned out not so much against their sovereign as against the lower authorities,” Doc. 6, and that’s just what happens, “if the people have been much oppressed by them…and have not been protected by the higher authorities,” Doc. 6. Social classes and people will be ruined if society is not functioning in a healthy
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