tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post6883295752813638278..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: The Knights of St. John and Henry VIIIelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-67139061201606699832010-09-08T15:25:28.185-04:002010-09-08T15:25:28.185-04:00French Monarchy was never as "absolute" ...French Monarchy was never as "absolute" as the English one from Henry VII to James I.<br /><br />It was absolute only in the sense of not depending on "balancing powers" in both cases, but in France there were more of them.Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-4971016806357773722010-07-20T08:51:40.819-04:002010-07-20T08:51:40.819-04:00King Henry VIII was proof that an absolute monarch...King Henry VIII was proof that an absolute monarch can be a disaster. If poor King Louis XVI had lived a normal life and instituted reforms peacefully throughout his kingdom I believe he would have been one of France's greatest absolute monarchs. Alas, that was not to be. Unfortunately for both nations the consequences were horrific.lara77https://www.blogger.com/profile/12595738597369639417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-40997202515152589392010-07-19T07:27:30.707-04:002010-07-19T07:27:30.707-04:00Not only wives.....even old friends were murdered....Not only wives.....even old friends were murdered.Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.com