realm of control while infringing on imperial powers in the name of God. Prior to this religious upheaval was a period of time in which Christianity was marred by the stains of corruption in the form of simony and church marriage. A catalyst for reformation of the church was the founding of the Cluny Monastery in Aquitaine, which gained fame for its revolutionized allegiance to Saint Paul and Saint Peter as well as its support of more pragmatic monks (short history 165). The new wave of Cluniac order
“Let him build his wooden houses: we will soon come and burn them”. Only an absolute monarch would speak with confidence and no hesitation. In the past, many monarchs in the seventeenth century embraced the nation as it helps justify the way these monarchs would rule their kingdoms. Through out the long history of Russian Monarchy, there have been instances where some monarchs struggled to assert their authority. Where as others have demonstrated their absolute reign. Peter I or also known as Peter