SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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What is divine right?
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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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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -divine right of kings, in European history, a political doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Divine Right of Kings In the era of kings, many monarchs ruled according to a doctrine of “divine right, ‘’ the idea that God gave them the power and authority to rule over their subjects.
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.
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