HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Oligarchy
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Theocracy
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Absolute Monarchy
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Democracy
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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: -During the Age of Absolutism, government was centralized, with the monarch holding total power and authority over the state and its people. The monarchs believed in the divine right of kings and the absolute authority of the monarch.
Detailed explanation-3: -Absolute Monarchies in Europe 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-4: -The Doctrine of Divine and Absolute Right means that the King is the super power and only god can judge an unjust king. Thus the Monarch can’t be subjected to the will of commoners or even the Church.