How did the reformation cause absolutism in europe

Absolutism, the political principle and exercise of unlimited, central power and complete sovereignty, as conferred particularly in a monarch or dictator. The principle of an absolutist system is that the reigning power is not issue to regularized test or checked by any other organization, be it legal, governmental, spiritual, financial, or democratic. The weakening of the Papacy managed the growth of a number of rulers effectively declared their authority and established absolute rule.

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