European absolute monarchies emerged from the suppression of feudal nobility

Evidence

This doctrine, or something like it, had grown up in Western Europe during the Renaissance and the Reformation. First, the feudal nobility were cowed by Louis XI, Edward IV, Ferdinand and Isabella, and their successors. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2042

Categorization

• XREF: XREF Connects to the historical development of absolutism in Europe. — connects to: Rulers used foreign mercenaries to suppress rebellious subjects; Colonial assemblies seized self-government from weakened royal authority; Absolute monarchy actualizes rather than contradicts social-pattern theory — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 669 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2042

Broader Connections

• Rulers used foreign mercenaries to suppress rebellious subjects #exemplifies (0.55)
• Colonial assemblies seized self-government from weakened royal authority #complicates (0.35)