In addition to building grand palaces, in what other ways did absolute rulers use the vast wealth?
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In addition to building grand palaces, in what other ways did absolute rulers use the vast wealth the accumulated?
In addition to building grand palaces, in what other ways did absolute rulers use the vast wealth the accumulated?
How did they use their wealth in the 16th century?
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many of them used their wealth to finance wars. In fact in the 16th century, war was the number 1 spending item for most monarchs, it was an extremely costly affair as they had to pay for the soldiers, their food and weapons/ horses etc.
Other spending involved donations to churches, monastaries etc, and good old fashioned parties.