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...
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Look up divine right in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Divine Right may refer to: The Divine right of kings, the doctrine that a monarch derives his...
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Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (redirect from The Divine Right of Kings (poem))
Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Divine Right of Kings "The Divine Right of Kings" is attributed to Edgar Allan Poe, though not fully...
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Absolutism (European history) (category History of Europe)
Absolute monarchy Sovereignty Thomas Hobbes (17th century theorist) Divine right of kings West, Norman R. "French Absolutism". Suffolk County Community College...
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Patriarcha (redirect from Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings)
only published in 1680 after the Restoration. The book defends the divine right of kings on the basis that all modern states' authority derived from the...
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the divine right of kings, particularly in the kingdoms of England and France. The French Revolution marked a significant shift in the perception of dictatorship...
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Roundhead (category Parliament of England)
principle of the divine right of kings. The goal of the Roundheads was to give to Parliament the supreme control over executive administration of the country/kingdom...
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Robert Filmer (category Year of birth uncertain)
theorist who defended the divine right of kings. His best known work, Patriarcha, published posthumously in 1680, was the target of numerous Whig attempts...
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Sovereignty (redirect from Right to rule)
is legitimacy: by what right does a government exercise authority? Claims of legitimacy might refer to the divine right of kings, or to a social contract...
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