Tag: Francis I
France: absolute monarchy, from François I to Louis XVI
Absolute monarchy is a political regime in which the king has all the powers! How did the French monarchy succeed in embodying the royal absolutism by divine right that truly…
Suleiman the Magnificent and Francis I: why were they allies?
Considered the greatest sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman nicknamed “the Magnificent” by Westerners, “the Legislator” or “the Great” by the Turks, reigned from 1520 to 1566. His immense territory…