Can a state with feudalism have an absolute ruler? It would

>>2481662
By that point it isn't even a fuedal state

>>2481662
The defining feature of feudalism is the presence of bonds of fealty for land and arms.
If you are a bonded Knecht you can't really refuse a lord so it is effectively absolute.

First absolute ruler post antiquity was Louis XIV, he was well past the time of feudalism, although the ancient regime was still up

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Generally feudalism has been limited in scope of infrastructure and travel technology.
So at the center would you have a city state. I.E Bergen/Copenhagen/Prague
Now, the Courts rule by absolute within city walls?
But for each kilometer you travel outside of that wall, at some point you are at "days courier travel". So the village a bit further inland might be a day or two travel away. Anything further in is basically a proxy.

Anything further away is a thing that isn't really controlled.
A example in the 1800s was that Trondheim was about 500km away from where they drafted the Constitution. With actual roads, sleds, horses, and good knowledge of the way, it still took them 2 weeks to arrive, and barely in time.
And that was in 1814.
The further you go back, the worse it gets.
So The King rules his City State, but his Nobility is basically kings of their own land. The lower nobility is partially the kings of their own land.


But before that: Even if a Feudal King wanted to be a Absolute ruler, he didn't have a horse courier system, roads, a post service, shipping routes with effective ships, or a standard army roaming the countryside checking fealty.
And building all of those isn't obvious, since it takes a lot of time, for little gain until its finished.

>>2481662
The Spanish Econmienda in Latin America operated on feudal principles of bonded labor for lords, while the Vice Roy of New mexico had a nearly unquestioned power.

>>2481801
>he was well past the time of feudalism

Feudalism isnt just Middle Age, you know
In Europe, feudalism was the norm until the French Revolutionary/Napoleonic Armies conquered Europe and abolished it everywhere

>>2481801
But that's wrong, Philip Augustus was an absolute king.