Was absolutism a period of prosperity or tyranny in europe during the 16th and 17th centuries?

For sure a period of Tyranny.

The name is Absolutism because it is the political doctrine, and practice, of an absolute centralized power, generally in the hands of a Monarch or Dictator.

Kings in Old Europe had absolute power and therefore, they were tyrannic.

the real gdp increased by 4.1%

explanation:

might not be right, i think i'm correct, but i might be thinking of last quarter