tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post209275102383900460..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: When Monarchs Lost PowerMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-30360264601455705192019-05-03T04:24:09.402-05:002019-05-03T04:24:09.402-05:00Do you think countries are better under a constitu...Do you think countries are better under a constitutional or absolute monarchy?Vivekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556031737302950519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-854988816812272302017-02-07T15:06:43.229-06:002017-02-07T15:06:43.229-06:00The Hungarian compromise made things more complica...The Hungarian compromise made things more complicated but did not technically lessen imperial authority that much. The biggest problem was that the Emperor had two governments to haggle with rather than one. The Emperor was certainly not as powerful as the Tsar but more powerful than the King of Great Britain. However, I would have to say that, in comparison to the British, the centrality or the "mystique" of the monarchy was greater and that mattered more than constitutional restrictions on precedents. <br /><br />A very simplistic view would be that the Emperor had no power of the purse, he could choose who he wanted to be in charge and could definitely determine policy if he really wanted to but he could not disregard the elected representatives and had to deal with them, no matter his personal view.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-48058155448845553752017-02-07T07:16:37.201-06:002017-02-07T07:16:37.201-06:00Mad Monarchist, how powerful do you believe Kaiser...Mad Monarchist, how powerful do you believe Kaiser Franz Joseph was after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise? In between the King of Great Britain and the Tsar of Russia? More or less the same power the Kaiser of Germany and King of Italy wielded?Octavio V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01499690181438513200noreply@blogger.com