Features of absolute monarchies?

Question

what features were there for monarchies or absolute monarchies

Answer 1

1)  An absolute monarch rules an an hereditary right; no written or unwritten constitution or parliamentary body acts to check his or her actions.

2)  Religious authority or a cult of personality backs up the monarch's actions so that he or she has total control over a people.

3)  To paraphrase Machiavelli, "It's better to be feared than loved,  although playing off different power bases within a country against each other isn't a bad ploy either."

Answer 2

Succinct and to the point,Evie S has done it again.

Answer 3

A constitutional monarchy or limited monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state, as opposed to an absolute monarchy, where the monarch is not bound by a constitution and is the sole source of political power. Most constitutional monarchies take on a parliamentary form, like the United Kingdom, Canada or Japan, where the monarch may be regarded as the head of state but the prime minister, whose power derives directly or indirectly from elections, is head of government.

Absolute monarchy

In theoretical absolutism, a monarch rules with total power.  The concept of the "Divine Right of Kings" often, as in the case of King James I of England, covered as a justification for abuses of absolute power. Absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government where the monarch has the power to rule his or her land or state and its citizens freely, with some laws or legally-organized direct opposition in force. Although some religious authority may be able to discourage the monarch from some acts and the sovereign is expected to act according to custom, in an absolute monarchy there is no constitution or body of law above what is decreed by the sovereign (king or queen). As a theory of civics, absolute monarchy puts total trust in well-bred and well-trained monarchs raised for the role from birth. In theory, an absolute monarch has total power over his or her people and land, including the aristocracy and sometimes the clergy. In practice, absolute monarchs have often found their power limited—generally by one or other of those groups.

Constitutional monarchy

A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a king or queen reigns with limits to their power along with a governing body (i.e. Parliament), giving rise to the modern adage "the Queen reigns but does not rule". In constitutional monarchies the position of monarch may be hereditary (e.g. The Netherlands), with a royal family. Or, more democratically, elected (e.g. in Malaysia, where the Paramount Ruler or Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected to a five-year term). In philosophy and political science, two broad justifications are given for monarchy: the British doctrine that monarchs are part of a social contract, founded on the autonomy of the individual, and the Continental doctrine that the monarch is an embodiment of the will and character of a people. In royal families, children and collateral relatives may have subordinate titles associated with conquered provinces, as when the heir to the British throne is called the "Prince of Wales." Constitutional monarchs, even when they have little power in government, generally play active roles in civil society, especially in not-for-profit enterprises, and play a symbolic role by representing the nation. Constitutional monarchs may also be the symbolic leaders of a nation's armed forces, and play a role in maintaining constitutional government in times of crises or change of administration. Furthermore, they discuss issues with the head of government frequently, and have large informal power.