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absolute monarchy

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absolute monarchy: see monarchy monarchy, form of government in which sovereignty is vested in a single person whose right to rule is generally hereditary and who is empowered to remain in office for life.
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The question is whether he is prepared to relinquish some authority and undertake the constitutional reforms needed to transform this absolute monarchy into a modern democratic state of law.
In 1831 Metternich sent troops to three Italian states to overturn liberal revolutions, hence restoring not only absolute monarchy but pro-Austrian rulers over the peninsula.
Despite their theoretical belief in limited government, Jesuits did not find absolute monarchy objectionable since many Catholic princes were both absolute in the exercise of their political power and religiously devout sons of the Church.
 
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