Divine right of kings
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title:
Divine right of kings
text:
In European Christianity, the divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandation, is a political and religious doctrine of political legitimacy of a monarchy. It is also known as the divine-right theory of kingship. The doctrine asserts that a monarch is not accountable to any earthly authority because their right to rule is derived from divine authority. Thus, the monarch is not subject to the will of the people, of the aristocracy, or of any other estate of the realm. It follows that only
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Political and religious doctrine of the legitimacy of monarchs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_right_of_kings
date created:
2002-01-17T22:30:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T19:14:54Z
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