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Western Civilization Maria Terrigino Mid Term Exam 1)Absolutism is when the sovereignty resides with the kings not the nobility or the parliament. The sovereign are responsible to God and God alone. Absolutism had a regulation of all the institutions of government. Absolutism also secured cooperation of the nobility. It also triggered many revolts and upheavals. Constitutionalism is the view that government should not involve that arbitrary exercise of power. In constitutionalism those who govern should …

…the core of the enlightenment period. The philosophes were the great thinkers of the time. Their role was to articulate the full values of the European enlightenment. Also they placed the economic and political theories that would change the face of the European society. Some of the philosophes of the time were Rousseau and Voltaire. Voltaire was one of the great thinkers of the time. His philosophical and religious positions were among the more radical.