How did monarchs gain power during the reformation?

Answer 1

i would have to say that the strides that were made during the renaissance and in particular the age of exploration really allowed them to dominate...

The competition between the various other european nations forced them to excell past the level of countries like India and china who were not enlightened during these times

and guns helped a lot...

Answer 2

Things that increased power of monarchs power:

• Small national armies were developed.
• Trained bureaucracies were created and grew.
• Monarchs increased an ability to tax.
• Legal codes and court systems were centralized.

Things that limited power of monarchs:

• The Church could excommunicate kings, limit power of courts.
• Aristocrats demanded reciprocal authority structure.
• Parliaments, created in thirteenth century, institutionalized the principle of consultation, and gained right to approve taxation.

Answer 3

Usualy inheritance, although on several occasions the man who owned the most land was made king.