Why did england not develop an absolute Monarchy?
We HAD one! But in practice, it didn’t work very well if what the king did went against other important people in the country. As other answers have said, the barons’ anger with King John led to them forcing him to agree to Magna Carta in 1215. Amongst other things, this document established a Great Council to advise the king, and this formed the beginnings of Parliament. From then on there was always another power in England apart from the king. It also required that the king could no longer raise taxes without the consent of the council – this was designed to limit John’s power to force the people to pay for his disastrous military campaigns in France. Certain kings still tried to rule in an absolute way, and this always led to disputes with Parliament. Most spectacularly, Charles I angered Parliament so much that it went to war against him (the English Civil War) and at the end of that he was executed for treason. James II was forced to flee England for the same reason and spent the
