WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

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Controls every aspect of life Divine Right Right to rule is passed through the blood line Only authority These are all ____
A
Effects of Absolutism
B
Causes of Absolutism
C
Characteristics of Absolutism
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Absolutism is characterized by the ending of feudal partitioning, consolidation of power with the monarch, rise of state power, unification of the state laws, and a decrease in the influence of the church and the nobility.

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: -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-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -1 Absolutism, also known as absolute monarchy or despotic monarchy, is a form of government in which the unlimited, undivided, and uncontrolled authority is conceded to a ruler (monarch) who is not bound by law and is not obliged to let other organs participate in governmental affairs (forms of government).

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