HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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God
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The people
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The pope
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Destiny
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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 of kings is the idea that a monarch is chosen by God to rule his people. It argues that a king is accountable only to God, giving him absolute power.
Detailed explanation-3: -The idea that a king was God’s chosen representative reached its greatest extent in the 1600s. Britain’s kings James I and Charles I believed strongly in the divine right of kings. These kings and others in Europe tried to control both the government and the church.
Detailed explanation-4: -The theory came to the fore in England under the reign of King James I (1603–25). King Louis XIV of France (1643–1715), though Catholic, strongly promoted the theory as well. The theory of Divine Right was abandoned in England during the Glorious Revolution of 1688–89.