Why was Leopold unable to develop absolutism like Louis XIV of France?
a. There were too many different nationalities within the Empire.
b. There was religious differentiation.
c. There was a more traditional hierarchy of magnates and serfs.
d. There was considerably less centralization of his bureaucracy.
e. All of these.
e
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