An example of this is of Lois XIV and his reign of absolutism in France from 1661 to 1715. In the beginning, he made himself the absolute ruler and got rid of all the very high nobles and princes form the royal council. Also, he kept them out of politics by enticing them in entertainment at the Court of Versailles. Furthermore, he gained complete authority of the central policy-making machinery of government. But with that power his reign became corrupt. By bribing all the aristocrats and royal nobles and princes he was the only ruler of France and that was where the trouble began. He did not know how to manage his finances and he spent way too much on his court and his love for war. The increase in royal power that Louis pursued led the king to make war a constant activity of his reign. In the end, however,
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Absolute power always becomes corrupt. Another example of how this is true is of Peter the Great and his rule of absolutism in Russia. When he saw Europe and saw the many advancements they had made, he wanted to "westernize" Russia as well. However, by doing this it also left a lot of burdens as well. Peter the Great was rude and impolite. This also carried over to his rule. As many of the other rules his military spending were too high and thus he rose the taxes which greatly affected the peasants who were already facing a lot of financial problems. His desire to create Russia like many European countries was so great that he waged wars just to carry out that. As a result, he left a big burden onto the Russian masses and the forceful way in which Peter the Great brought westernization led many Russians to distrust Europe. His reign obvi
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