GK
WORLD HISTORY
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the idea that God created the monarchy and the monarch is His representative on Earth
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kings/ queens who hold all the power within their states’ boundaries
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The divine right of kings, or divine-right theory of kingship, is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving his right to rule directly from the will of God.
Detailed explanation-2: -noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of DIVINE RIGHT. [singular] 1. : the right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jacques Bossuet, a Catholic bishop who was Louis XIV’s court preacher, provided this foundation in Politics Derived from Sacred Scripture, in which he laid out the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Doctrine of Divine and Absolute Right means that the King is the super power and only god can judge an unjust king. Thus the Monarch can’t be subjected to the will of commoners or even the Church. Locke refuted the above.