YOur Guide to Everything You Need to know from the 1500s-1800s
The Age of Absolutism was the period following exploration which greatly benefited many European nations. Wealth in many of these countries prospered and grew greatly. Rulers (mainly kings) became very powerful, requiring a lot of strength during this period, turning most of them into absolute monarchs. As these kings grew stronger and attained more power, internal conflicts broke out between the peasants and poppers and the royals. Most of the conflicts surrounded money and the wealth being selfishly wasted by the king. By the 1500s, Spain had become the first modern European power.