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The theory of absolutism became popular in the seventeenth century in response to

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They became popular in response to the philosophical ideas of people like Thomas Hobbes who claimed that absolutism was the best way of ruling because it would enable the highest safety possible for the people. If a king was ruling and protecting his people then they would be safe from foreign influences and in wars.
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