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I don't think there is a great medieval analogy because European feudalism was formed from a decaying Empire. Medieval China is a good example of what a culture in that time period looks like that has a more or less unified polity.
Absolutism surely is a response to growing capitalist class, and in the sense it is like fascism because its goal is to "preserve the old order by disciplining the laboring class." But I would call it an evolution of feudalism rather than feudalism in decay, because it's a more efficient form of government.