History

With his extravagant palace, Versailles, and his elaborate parties, Louis the XIV of France tested the limits of absolutism. Absolutism is a system of government in which the king asserts sole and incontestable power. Conversely, constitutionalism is a system of government in which the ruler shares power with an assembly of elected representatives.

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