TY - JOUR AU - Grobelna, Paulina PY - 2014/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Monarchia absolutna ludwika XIV. Nowe ścieżki badawcze JF - Studia Europaea Gnesnensia JA - 10.14746/seg VL - IS - 10 SE - Idee DO - 10.14746/seg.2014.10.3 UR - https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/seg/article/view/983 SP - 53-73 AB - The classical perception of French absolutism, which so far has been identified with the system of powerful rule of the monarch with only theoretical limitations, should be subject to revision. A reinterpretation of the manner of exercising power is inevitable, especially having adopted the approach where absolutist theory is confronted with the practice of rule. Such a perspective reveals practical limitations of the monarch’s power, which obstruct a full performance of prerogatives arising from the theory of absolutist rule. !e interests of historians in the issues relating to the functioning of a state yielded a new approach to Louis’ XIV absolutism, while the vast body of pertinent works creates a situation where it is easy to lose one’s bearings in the maze of equivocal answers. Through a brief summary of the major themes in conducted studies, the article aims to demonstrate the complexity of the problem that French absolutism represents today ER -