Question

absolutism's causes, how it advanced, how it survived, and what legacy it left behind.

Answer 1

Absolutism is a practice where all the power is vested Inn the hands of one person. There would be no one or no legislation to oppose them or regulate them. Although there would laws, rules and regulations to run the country, it would be directly controlled by the one who is power. It was very strong in the Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, although monarchs were in existence for a long time. Power was passed down to a heir who was selected by the one who leaves the power, probably the eldest son.
Then came the modern day absolutism where rules took the entire power of the nation thus dictating terms and killing anyone who comes on their way. History has seen enough of them and they caused enough trouble in the world. Today, although absolutism is not prevalent in most of the countries, some Muslim countries still practice monarch system.
Absolutism might have been a good practice earlier days but with the advent of different kinds of political terms today such as, republican, Communist and capitalism, the world don't expect someone who would rule them taking all their right to oneself. People never breathed the air of freedom under absolutism as they do today because the person in power advanced their ideas making the people force that the person in power is always right without giving them space to put forth their opinions.