USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The belief that a king or queen is appointed by God to rule the people is called
A
Divine Right
B
Divine Comedy
C
Divination
D
Divergenation
Explanation: 

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: -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-3: -The divine right of kings is the absolutist idea that a monarch’s authority to rule comes directly from God and that he or she is not subject to any earthly authority.

Detailed explanation-4: -An absolute ruler may be accepted because the people believe or accept the idea that God gave him/her the right to rule. This belief is known as divine right, which often has been associated with a monarchy, a form of government in which the power of the king or queen is hereditary.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Christian kings of Europe once believed they were answerable to no one except God. This idea became known as the divine right of kings. The divine right was an ancient idea that began with Europe’s medieval kings. They claimed that they had been chosen by God and were his representatives on Earth.

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