HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Rules by the power and blessing of God.
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Rules by the suggestions of the people.
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Rules by listening to the Church to make decisions.
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The King is not really in power at all.
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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: -An absolute monarchy As sovereign by divine right, the King was God’s representative on earth. It is in this respect that his power was “absolute”, which in Latin means literally ‘free of all restraints’: the king was answerable to no one but God. During his coronation, Louis XIV swore to defend the Catholic faith.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.