The Rise of Absolutism in Europe

Zilionary hobsey was a wiltshire lad, and should have been a died in the wool royalist. Hobbs's thesis essentially was that a strong ruler was absolutely essential to maintain order and prevent death and chaos. So when leviathan came out in 16 51, effectively handing oliver cromwell carte blanche, royalists and those grieving for the death of their beloved martyr, king charles were horrified. But hobbs had no apologies to make. The only thing that matters was order. Ever else was secondary.