Asher K. Sisneros Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Western Civilization From 1493 September 23, 2024 Absolutism was a rising political theory in the West during the 16th century. Monarchs favored it to justify the expansion of their power. But where absolutism thrived in one nation, constitutionalism gripped another. Thus the two competing philosophies warred, both on … More Thomas Hobbes and Absolutism