USA HISTORY

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: -Rulers in an absolute monarchy had total control over the country. Most believed that they had the divine right to rule, meaning that God created the monarchy they ruled over and they alone were God’s representative on earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “divine right” idea was used to bolster the idea of the absolute sovereignty of the king. The absolute monarch was seen to transcend–and in political terms if not social terms–dissolve all orders and ranks. All were equal under the king; to exercise power, one must gain the king’s favor.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -absolutism, Political doctrine and practice of unlimited, centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, especially as vested in a monarch. Its essence is that the ruling power is not subject to regular challenge or check by any judicial, legislative, religious, economic, or electoral agency.