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Why did absolute monarchs in the 17th century hire bureaucrats?

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Monarchs did this in order to appear more powerful and to control the nobility. They also regulated religion to control the spread of ideas. If monarchs could control what the people were hearing, they could keep their power. Large bureaucracies were also created in order to control the economy.

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