Absolutism in the English society in the seventeenth century

In the seventeenth century, there were several important factors that led the English to move from absolutism to a government in which the monarch had little power and Parliament had more power. The factors that led to this include the events during the reign of the Stuart kings, James I and Charles I; religious problems and diversity; and Oliver Cromwell's absolutist rule. James I, the founder of the Stuart line of English kings, was a …

…in the way they were ruled, oppressed them religiously, and governed by values that were in conflict with that of the people. The English were ready to establish a system of monarchy subject to Parliament, rather than absolutism. They wanted a Parliament that represented the people so they could have a voice in law making. The English also wanted a ruler who would recognize the Parliament as the supreme power. They found this in constitutionalism.