Which of the following are true of early modern absolutist monarchs? Select all that apply.


Expansion of state power was often felt through more efficient tax collection, which was frequently used by absolutists to finance military ventures.


Monarchs decreased their reliance on private military forces in favor of large, permanent armies in the employ of the state.


They greatly expanded the size of their administrative apparatuses.


Absolutists frequently relied on grants of privileges to towns as a way of securing their loyalty in exchange for recognition of the monarch's legislative power.


The greatest period of absolutist expansion came in the decades immediately preceding the Thirty Years War.