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Tanya [424]
4 years ago
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What is divine right?

History
2 answers:
Rama09 [41]4 years ago
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Absolute monarchs were rulers with complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs. During the Age of Absolutism, powerful new dynasties emerged such as the Hapsburgs in Spain and the Bourbons in France. Furthermore, both these families highly believed in the idea of divine right where their authority to rule came directly from God.

So, divine right is the idea where a monarch's ruling power or authority comes from God.
Dmitry_Shevchenko [17]4 years ago
6 0
The divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandate is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the right to rule directly from the will of God.
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