THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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a set of rules used by the greeks
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the God given right to rule
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Hitler’s reason to exterminate Jewish people
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Machiavelli’s theory on power
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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: -The divine right to rule, also known as the “divine right of kings, ” is a political doctrine asserting that monarchs derive their authority from God and cannot be held accountable for their actions by human means.
Detailed explanation-3: -Divine right is the notion that royalty is given divine sanction to rule. In the words of England’s King James I (r. 1603–1625): “The State of MONARCHIE is the supremest thing upon earth: For Kings are not only GOD’S Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon GOD’S throne, but even by GOD himself they are called GODS.”
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: -Definition of Divine Right The idea is that the king is given his authority directly by God.