The English were able to resist absolution, by having traditions in place that tied the kings hands and had to have permission from Parliament, before citizens could be taxed or put a law into effect. This really didn't stop several kings from acting like they were absolute monarchy. This type of rule in the seventeenth century was a system where all governmental authority was concentrated in the hands of a monarch ruling by divine right. Such as King James I that secured confessions through torture, then imprisoned people without a trial. The monarch justified his authority by saying that God had created the society and set up monarchs to rule. As Kings claimed to receive authority straight from God, and the monarchies authority couldn't be
