MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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social contract theory
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divine right of kings
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right of Kings to share power with a constitution
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power of the people of France
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Detailed explanation-1: -As sovereign by divine right, the King was God’s representative on earth. It is in this respect that his power was “absolute”, which in Latin means literally ‘free of all restraints’: the king was answerable to no one but God. During his coronation, Louis XIV swore to defend the Catholic faith.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Mazarin’s death in 1661, Louis XIV broke with tradition and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister. He viewed himself as the direct representative of God, endowed with a divine right to wield the absolute power of the monarchy.
Detailed explanation-3: -King James I of England (reigned 1603–25) was the foremost exponent of the divine right of kings, but the doctrine virtually disappeared from English politics after the Glorious Revolution (1688–89).
Detailed explanation-4: -Louis XVI was the absolute divine right monarch of France during the Revolution, and was a descendant of the Bourbon monarchy. He succeeded his grandfather, Louis XIV – the Sun King, to the throne in 1774, at the age of 20.