How did peter the great use absolutism to gain, consolidate and maintain power in Russia

Louis XIV Assumes Control of France

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After Mazarin's death in 1661, Louis XIV broke with tradition and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister. He viewed himself as the direct representative of God, endowed with a divine right to wield the absolute power of the monarchy

i would say your answer would be the second option.

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fearing kabuki could corrupt the nation’s morals, japanese government officials

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the national morals was so the japanese and the kabuki would stop fighting