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Question 1:
During his lifetime Montesquieu (1689 -1755) was an outright critic of the French Absolutism. He put this forward in books like Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters - 1721). He also developed his own view on an ideal political system which he described in his Lesprit des Lois (on the Spirit of Laws -1748). What political system was he envisioning?
A. Autocracy
B. Constitutional Monarchy
C. Liberalism
D. Democracy

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