Compare And Contrast Catherine The Great And Ieyasu

Absolutism means that the sovereign power or ultimate authority in the state rested in the hands of a king who claimed to rule by divine right the idea that kings received their power from God and were responsible to no one but God. Catherine The Great and Tokugawa Ieyasu were both known as prominent absolute rulers but, Ieyasu was a more effective absolutist ruler. Tokugawa controlled his country by reasonable means that wouldn’t cause uprisings and distrust while still being the only one to make decisions for the country. Catherine was simply too blindsided by wanting all the power possible that she didn’t realize that her people were suffering and possible forming a rebellion.
Tokugawa Ieyasu brought stability to the social and economic systems of japan and unified the country under the shogunate. As a result of this he set the foundation for his descendants to rule over the next 200 years. Strong tactics included: allowing daimyo (military bureaucrats) to rule at a local level while he was still governing the country over the daimyo. The alternate attendance policy which was a sense of insurance between Ieyasu and the daimyo making sure that they …show more content…
Tokugawa was favored by most of his people while not many of Catherine’s people favored her because of the harsh policies she put in place. Tokugawa made strong military, economic, and social systems that kept his country in order for and odd 200 years. Catherine was an unorganized leader that acted upon impulse and just she hated the thought of losing power. Catherine didn’t allow the expansion of education as this could lead the way to a possible uprising. On the Other Hand, Tokugawa was strongly in favor of educating his people but, to avoid an uprising he created the social class system that protected the throne. Catherine allowed the innovation of other countries in Russia while Tokugawa only allowed dutch technologies. This put his people back many