HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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the church controlled society
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the church had a strong influence over government
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the church ruled in national affairs
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God created the monarchy and the monarch represented God
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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: -Jacques Bossuet, a Catholic bishop who was Louis XIV’s court preacher, provided this foundation in Politics Derived from Sacred Scripture, in which he laid out the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Their goal was to control every aspect of society. ABSOLUTE MONARCHS believed in DIVINE RIGHT (the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on earth.) An ABSOLUTE MONARCH answered only to God, not to his or her subjects.