{"product_id":"9781138180505","title":"The Myth of Absolutism : Change \u0026 Continuity in Early Modern European Monarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003eConventionally, ``absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of ``absolutism'' in action -- continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and England -- dissolves the traditional picture to reveal a much more complex reality; and in so doing illuminates the varied ways in which early-modern Europe was governed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48729327632619,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":428.48,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781138180505-1.jpg?v=1781657341","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781138180505","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}