Why did absolutism fail in England?

Because the English Kings never ruled with absolute authority. Even during Anglo-Saxon times, the powers of the king were limited. Real power in England almost always rested in the nobility. True, William I ruled rather absolutely, but even he, like virtually all monarchs of the Middle Ages, relied on the nobility. read more

Absolutism didn’t fail in Britain — the power of the Monarch became institutionalised in other words vested in an institution called Parliament. Until Parliament voted to surrender a portion of its sovereignty to the European Union, the King/ Queen in Parliament was as absolute a Monarch as the Russian Tsar or as Louis XIV of France. read more

Why did Absolutism succeed in France and fail in England in the 17th Century I am working on a blog about the rise of absolutism in France under Louis XIV and wondered why the acceptance of the divine right of Kings succeeded so spectacularly in France and failed so dismaly in England. read more

Why absolutism failed in England but flourished in France is due mainly to the political situation in each country when the idea was first introduced. In England, during the first half of the 17th century, two monarches came to power that attempted to develop royal absolutism in that country. read more