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Although nobles used to enjoy political freedom and gained their status through heredity, growing use of absolutist policies from 1650-1750 lead to the nobility’s loss in power and status.
The absolute monarchies initiated new social structures that placed status on service to the monarch rather than heredity, which lead to the subservience of nobles.
Louis XIV's use of mercantilism and Peter's expansion of the Russian empire reduced reliance on nobility for financial support.
Louis XIV and Peter I's creation of professional armies curbed the authority of the nobility in military affairs.
