AHC: Absolutist England, constitutional France?

So, I have been wondering --

what are the latest respective PODs for the Kingdom of England (pre-1707) taking OTL France's path of absolutism and (perhaps) violent revolution and the Kingdom of France taking England's path of constitutionalism and early parliamentarism? By extension, what would have to happen for England to become some sort of a second HRE as a balkanised mess with our without a central power?
 
So, I have been wondering --

what are the latest respective PODs for the Kingdom of England (pre-1707) taking OTL France's path of absolutism and (perhaps) violent revolution and the Kingdom of France taking England's path of constitutionalism and early parliamentarism? By extension, what would have to happen for England to become some sort of a second HRE as a balkanised mess with our without a central power?

Maybe Cromwell is succeeded by his son Oliver, who by all accounts was a much stronger person than Richard. This leads to a much bloodier eventual Royalist Restoration, and the new King, Charles II, decides that the institution of Parliament is destabilizing. That leads to his abolition of it as a powerful body, although he leaves both the House of Lords and the House of Commons intact as "advisory bodies" with no real teeth. Charles in OTL flirted with absolutism, but he feared Parliament; seeing as what happened to his father, probably a prudent choice.

As for France.. Does the PoD need to be before 1707? If it does, I would say have Louis XIV die in childhood, and have a weaker king take charge. If France doesn't centralize as quickly, the Estates-General would probably have increased power, and will eventually be able to push a Constitution of some kind on the King.

If the PoD can be after 1707, I would say have Louis XVI be less of a dunce and give in much more to the Estates-General's proposal to move towards a limited monarchy. That would keep the French Revolution from occurring, and would give France a system through which to reform over time.
 
For England, I suspect that even if we have a longer protectorate and more reactionary Restoration, it won't lead to Parliament being abolished/nerfed. Oliver Cromwell actually overruled Parliament just as much (if not more) as Charles I had, and given the trend that was occuring, it seems likely that it a bizarre twist of irony the above scenario would probably lead to Oliver Cromwell Jnr. ruling without it and a restoration that begins with the now neglected Parliament urging for a return of the King (who at the very least had defined powers as opposed to the Lord Protector). Parliament may be weaker, but if we have anything like the reign of James II and the Catholic succession issue, it's going to come out on top pretty soon afterwards.

Really, what we need is an earlier PoD. I'm not saying we need to go back to Magna Carta as that could be overturned (with dificulty) at a later date, it becomes quite difficult once we get to the example of de Montfort's Parliament (actually the 17th in the reign of Henry III). Perhaps when the franchise is reduced with the increase of the required property qualifications in the 1500s it might be possible to make it something more along the lines of a strong arisocratic body with effectively no representation for the commoners, though the merchants of London etc. make that hard to work in as well.
 
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