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La monarquía absoluta [1] [2] (o el absolutismo como doctrina) es una forma de monarquía en la que el monarca tiene la autoridad autocrática suprema , principalmente sin estar restringido por leyes escritas, legislatura o costumbres no escritas. [3] Suelen ser monarquías hereditarias . En contraste, en las monarquías constitucionales , la autoridad del jefe de estado se deriva o está legalmente vinculada o restringida por una constitución , una legislatura o costumbres no escritas. [3]
El concepto generalizado de monarquía absoluta en Europa declinó sustancialmente después de la Revolución Francesa y la Primera Guerra Mundial , que promovió teorías de gobierno basadas en la noción de soberanía popular .
Algunas monarquías tienen una legislatura débil o simbólica y otros cuerpos gubernamentales que el monarca puede alterar o disolver a voluntad. Los países donde los monarcas aún mantienen el poder absoluto son Brunei , Eswatini , Omán , Arabia Saudita , la Ciudad del Vaticano y los emiratos individuales que componen los Emiratos Árabes Unidos , que a su vez es una federación de tales monarquías, una monarquía federal . [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Ejemplos históricos de monarquías absolutas [ editar ]
Fuera de Europa [ editar ]
En el Antiguo Egipto , el faraón ejercía un poder absoluto sobre el país y su pueblo lo consideraba un dios viviente . En la antigua Mesopotamia , muchos gobernantes de Asiria , Babilonia y Sumer también eran monarcas absolutos. En la India antigua y medieval, los gobernantes de los imperios Maurya , Satavahana , Gupta , Chola y Chalukya , así como otros imperios mayores y menores, eran considerados monarcas absolutos. En el Imperio Khmer , los reyes fueron llamados Devaraja 'dios-rey' yChakravartin , y ejerció un poder absoluto sobre el imperio y la gente.
En toda la China imperial , muchos emperadores y una emperatriz ( Wu Zetian ) ejercían el poder absoluto a través del Mandato del Cielo . En la América precolombina , el Imperio Inca fue gobernado por un Sapa Inca , quien fue considerado el hijo de Inti , el dios sol y gobernante absoluto sobre el pueblo y la nación. Corea bajo la dinastía Joseon y el imperio de corta duración también fue una monarquía absoluta. [11]
Europa [ editar ]
A lo largo de gran parte de la historia europea, el derecho divino de los reyes fue la justificación teológica de la monarquía absoluta. Muchos monarcas europeos reclamaron el poder autocrático supremo por derecho divino, y que sus súbditos no tenían derecho a limitar su poder. Jacobo VI, yo y su hijo Carlos I intentamos importar este principio a Escocia e Inglaterra. El intento de Carlos I de imponer la política episcopal en la Iglesia de Escocia llevó a la rebelión de los Covenanters y las Guerras de los Obispos , luego teme que Carlos I intentara establecer un gobierno absolutista a lo largo de las líneas europeas fue una de las principales causas de la Guerra Civil Inglesa., a pesar de que gobernó de esta manera durante 11 años a partir de 1629, después de disolver el Parlamento de Inglaterra por un tiempo. En el siglo XIX, el derecho divino se consideraba una teoría obsoleta en la mayoría de los países del mundo occidental , excepto en Rusia, donde todavía se le daba crédito como justificación oficial del poder del zar hasta la Revolución de febrero de 1917.
Existe una considerable variedad de opiniones por parte de los historiadores sobre el alcance del absolutismo entre los monarcas europeos. Algunos, como Perry Anderson , sostienen que bastantes monarcas lograron niveles de control absolutista sobre sus estados, mientras que historiadores como Roger Mettam cuestionan el concepto mismo de absolutismo. [12] En general, los historiadores que no están de acuerdo con la denominación de absolutismo argumentan que la mayoría de los monarcas etiquetados como absolutistas no ejercieron mayor poder sobre sus súbditos que cualquier otro gobernante no absolutista , y estos historiadores tienden a enfatizar las diferencias entre la retórica absolutista of monarchs and the realities of the effective use of power by these absolute monarchs. Renaissance historian William Bouwsma summed up this contradiction:
Nothing so clearly indicates the limits of royal power as the fact that governments were perennially in financial trouble, unable to tap the wealth of those ablest to pay, and likely to stir up a costly revolt whenever they attempted to develop an adequate income.[13]
— William Bouwsma
In the Ottoman Empire, many sultans wielded absolute power through heavenly mandates reflected in their title, the "Shadow of God on Earth".
Denmark–Norway[edit]
Absolutism was underpinned by a written constitution for the first time in Europe in 1665 Kongeloven, 'King's Law' of Denmark–Norway, which ordered that the Monarch
shall from this day forth be revered and considered the most perfect and supreme person on the Earth by all his subjects, standing above all human laws and having no judge above his person, neither in spiritual nor temporal matters, except God alone.[14][15]
This law consequently authorized the king to abolish all other centers of power. Most important was the abolition of the Council of the Realm in Denmark. Absolute monarchy lasted until 1814 in Norway, and 1848 in Denmark.
Habsburgs[edit]
Hungary[edit]
France[edit]
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Though some historians[who?] doubt it, Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) is often said to have proclaimed L'état, c'est moi!, 'I am the State!'.[16] Although often criticized for his extravagances, such as the Palace of Versailles, he reigned over France for a long period, and some historians consider him a successful absolute monarch. More recently, revisionist historians[who?] have questioned whether Louis' reign should be considered 'absolute',[example needed] given the reality of the balance of power between the monarch and the nobility, as well as parliaments.[17][need quotation to verify] A theory tells that that he built opulent palace of Versailles, and give preferment only to nobles who live in them to gather nobility in Paris and to concentrate power as centralized government. This policy also add effect in separating nobles and their feudal army.
The King of France concentrated legislative, executive, and judicial powers in his person. He was the supreme judicial authority. He could condemn people to death without the right of appeal. It was both his duty to punish offenses and stop them from being committed. From his judicial authority followed his power both to make laws and to annul them.[18]
Prussia[edit]
In Brandenburg-Prussia, the concept of absolute monarch took a notable turn from the above with its emphasis on the monarch as the "first servant of the state", but it also echoed many of the important characteristics of absolutism. Frederick William (r. 1640–1688), known as the Great Elector, used the uncertainties of the final stages of the Thirty Years' War[citation needed] to consolidate his territories into the dominant kingdom in northern Germany, whilst increasing his power over his subjects. His actions largely originated the militaristic streak of the Hohenzollerns.
In 1653, the Diet of Brandenburg met for the last time and gave Frederick William the power to raise taxes without its consent, a strong indicator of absolutism.[disputed ] Frederick William enjoyed support from the nobles, who enabled the Great Elector to undermine the Diet and other representative assemblies. The leading families saw their future in cooperation with the central government and worked to establish absolutist power.
The most significant indicator of the nobles' success was the establishment of two tax rates – one for the cities and the other for the countryside – to the great advantage of the latter, which the nobles ruled. The nobles served in the upper levels of the elector's army and bureaucracy, but they also won new prosperity for themselves. The support of the Elector enabled the imposition of serfdom and the consolidation of land holdings into vast estates which provided for their wealth.
They became known as Junkers (from the German for young lord, junger Herr). Frederick William faced resistance from representative assemblies and long-independent cities in his realm. City leaders often revolted at the imposition of Electorate authority. The last notable effort was the uprising of the city of Königsberg which allied with the Estates General of Prussia to refuse to pay taxes. Frederick William crushed this revolt in 1662, by marching into the city with thousands of troops. A similar approach was used with the towns of Cleves.[19]
Russia[edit]
Until 1905, the Tsars and Emperors of Russia governed as absolute monarchs. Ivan the Terrible was known for his reign of terror through oprichnina. Peter I the Great reduced the power of the Russian nobility and strengthened the central power of the monarch, establishing a bureaucracy and a police state. This tradition of absolutism, known as Tsarist autocracy, was expanded by Catherine II the Great and her descendants. Although Alexander II made some reforms and established an independent judicial system, Russia did not have a representative assembly or a constitution until the 1905 Revolution. However, the concept of absolutism was so ingrained in Russia that the Russian Constitution of 1906 still described the monarch as an autocrat. Russia became the last European country (excluding Vatican City) to abolish absolutism, and it was the only one to do so as late as the 20th century (the Ottoman Empire drafted its first constitution in 1876).
Sweden[edit]
The form of government instituted in Sweden under King Charles XI and passed on to his son, Charles XII is commonly referred to as absolute monarchy; however, the Swedish monarch was never absolute in the sense that he wielded arbitrary power. The monarch still ruled under the law and could only legislate in agreement with the Riksdag of the Estates; rather, the absolutism introduced was the monarch's ability to run the government unfettered by the privy council, contrary to earlier practice. The absolute rule of Charles XI was instituted by the crown and the Riksdag in order to carry out the Great Reduction which would have been made impossible by the privy council which comprised the high nobility.
After the death of Charles XII in 1718, the system of absolute rule was largely blamed for the ruination of the realm in the Great Northern War, and the reaction tipped the balance of power to the other extreme end of the spectrum, ushering in the Age of Liberty. After half a century of largely unrestricted parliamentary rule proved just as ruinous, King Gustav III seized back royal power in the coup d'état of 1772, and later once again abolished the privy council under the Union and Security Act in 1789, which, in turn, was rendered void in 1809 when Gustav IV Adolf was deposed in a coup and the constitution of 1809 was put in its place. The years between 1789 and 1809, then, are also referred to as a period of absolute monarchy.
Contemporary trends[edit]
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Many nations formerly with absolute monarchies, such as Jordan, Kuwait and Morocco, have moved towards constitutional monarchy, although in these cases the monarch still retains tremendous power, to the point that the parliament's influence on political life is negligible.[citation needed]
In Bhutan, the government moved from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy following planned parliamentary elections to the Tshogdu in 2003, and the election of a National Assembly in 2008.
Nepal had several swings between constitutional rule and direct rule related to the Nepalese Civil War, the Maoist insurgency, and the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre, with the Nepalese monarchy being abolished on 28 May 2008.[20]
In Tonga, the King had majority control of the Legislative Assembly until 2010.
Liechtenstein has moved towards expanding the power of the monarch: the Prince of Liechtenstein was given expanded powers after a referendum amending the Constitution of Liechtenstein in 2003, which led the BBC to describe the prince as an "absolute monarch again".[21]
The ruling Kim family of North Korea (Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un) has been described as a de facto absolute monarchy[22][23][24] or "hereditary dictatorship".[25] In 2013, Clause 2 of Article 10 of the new edited Ten Fundamental Principles of the Korean Workers' Party states that the party and revolution must be carried "eternally" by the "Paektu (Kim's) bloodline".[26]
Current absolute monarchies[edit]
De jure[edit]
| Realm | Image | Monarch | Born | Age | Reign Since | Reign Length | Succession | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brunei Darussalam | Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah | 15 July 1946 | 74 years, 298 days | 4 October 1967 | 53 years, 217 days | Hereditary | [27] | |
 Sultanate of Oman | Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said | 11 October 1954 | 66 years, 210 days | 11 January 2020 | 1 year, 118 days | Hereditary | [28][29] | |
 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | King Salman bin Abdul‘aziz | 31 December 1935 | 85 years, 129 days | 23 January 2015 | 6 years, 106 days | Hereditary and elective | [30] | |
 Vatican City State | Pope Francis | 17 December 1936 | 84 years, 143 days | 13 March 2013 | 8 years, 57 days | Elective | [31] | |
 Kingdom of Eswatini | King Mswati III | 19 April 1968 | 53 years, 20 days | 25 April 1986 | 35 years, 14 days | Hereditary and elective | [32] |
De facto[edit]
| Realm | Image | Monarch | Born | Age | Reign Since | Reign Length | Succession | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 State of Qatar | Emir Tamim bin Hamad | 3 June 1980 | 40 years, 340 days | 25 June 2013 | 7 years, 318 days | Hereditary [33][34] | [35] |
Saudi Arabia[edit]
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, and according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia adopted by Royal Decree in 1992, the King must comply with Shari'a (Islamic law) and the Qur'an.[6] The Qur'an and the body of the Sunnah (traditions of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad) are declared to be the Kingdom's Constitution, but no written modern constitution has ever been promulgated for Saudi Arabia, which remains the only Arab nation where no national elections have ever taken place since its founding.[36][37] No political parties or national elections are permitted and according to The Economist's 2010 Democracy Index, the Saudi government is the eighth most authoritarian regime from among the 167 countries rated.[38][6]
Scholarship[edit]
Anthropology, sociology, and ethology as well as various other disciplines such as political science attempt to explain the rise of absolute monarchy ranging from extrapolation generally, to certain Marxist explanations in terms of the class struggle as the underlying dynamic of human historical development generally and absolute monarchy in particular.
In the 17th century, French legal theorist Jean Domat defended the concept of absolute monarchy in works such as "On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy", citing absolute monarchy as preserving natural order as God intended.[39] Other intellectual figures who have supported absolute monarchy include Thomas Hobbes and Charles Maurras.
See also[edit]
- Autocracy
- Authoritarianism
- Constitutional monarchy
- Criticism of monarchy
- Democracy
- Despotism
- Dictatorship
- Enlightened absolutism
- Family dictatorship
- Jacques Bossuet
- Monarchomachs
- Theonomy
- Thomas Hobbes
- Totalitarianism
- Tyranny
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Joseon was an absolute monarchy
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Further reading[edit]
- Anderson, Perry. Lineages of the Absolutist State. London: Verso, 1974.
- Beloff, Max. The Age of Absolutism From 1660 to 1815 (1961)
- Blum, Jerome, et al. The European World (vol 1 1970) pp 267–466
- ——. Lord and Peasant in Russia from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1951.
- Kimmel, Michael S. Absolutism and Its Discontents: State and Society in Seventeenth-Century France and England. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1988.
- Méttam, Roger. Power and Faction in Louis XIV's France. New York: Blackwell Publishers, 1988.
- Miller, John (ed.). Absolutism in Seventeenth Century Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1990.
- Wilson, Peter H. Absolutism in Central Europe. New York: Routledge, 2000.
- Zmohra, Hillay. Monarchy, Aristocracy, and the State in Europe - 1300-1800. New York: Routledge, 2001
