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Early modern Europe was dominated by the Wars of Religion, notably the Thirty Years' War, during which the major European monarchies developed into centralised great powers sustained by their colonial empires. The main European monarchical powers in the early modern period were: [citation needed] the Kingdom of France with its colonial empire
This is a list of former monarchies, ... Early Bronze Age. Indus Valley (3300 BC-1300 BC) ... Europe Frankish Kingdom ...
By contrast, the issue of precedence among Western European monarchies became a contentious matter following the disintegration of the Carolingian Empire which started in the 9th century. The disputes about rank were initially concentrated between the two most immediate heirs of the Empire, namely the Holy Roman Emperor and King of France .
For current monarchies and dynasties in Europe, see Category:Monarchies of Europe. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Former countries in Europe . It includes countries that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The term 'absolutism' is typically used in conjunction with some European monarchs during the transition from feudalism to capitalism, and monarchs described as absolute can especially be found in the 16th century through the 19th century. Absolutism is characterized by the ending of feudal partitioning, consolidation of power with the monarch ...
The traditional social stratification of the Occident in the 15th century. Church and state in medieval Europe was the relationship between the Catholic Church and the various monarchies and other states in Europe during the Middle Ages (between the end of Roman authority in the West in the fifth century to their end in the East in the fifteenth century and the beginning of the [Modern era]]).
A monarch may reign over multiple kingdoms, dominions or realms in various forms of political, dynastic, personal union or association. Between 925 and 1035 the Kingdom of Aragon shared a monarchy with the Kingdom of Navarre.
Former monarchies of Europe (134 C, 302 P) French monarchs (7 C, 5 P) ... Burial sites of European monarchs and consorts; L. List of royal proxy marriages; O ...