Absolutism

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and distrust from the House of Commons, kept the Stuart monarchs from absolute power. Throughout the seventeenth century parliament and the monarch fought for control of England.
Socially, an absolute monarch had to have control over all classes in his kingdom. This included all religious views. In France, Louis XIV first respected Protestant religions, but in 1685 revoked the Edict of Nantes, which created a country of Roman Catholic belief. He believed in on king, one law, and one faith. England established the Church of England. However, most of the people in England were either Calvinists or Puritans. A great fear of the Roman Catholic Church was installed in every Englishman. Charles and James I were sympathetic to the Catholic Church which scared many people. This fear resulted in many quarrels between the English monarchy and the common people. France was united under one absolute religion. England was a collection of separate religions making absolute faith ...

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