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What document originally challenged the divine rights of the kings?

The Petition of Right


Was john Locke an enlightenment writer believed people have natural rights and challenged the ideas that kings had a god given right to rule?

Yes, John Locke was an Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights, such as life, liberty, and property. He challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, arguing instead for a social contract between rulers and the ruled based on consent.


What was the name of the idea that god directly choose who would be the king or queen?

The divine right of kings.


Is it true the Petition Of Right that parliament prepared and King Charles I of England signed in 1628 challenged ideas of divine rights of kings and stated even monarchs were subject to common laws?

True.


Kings in europe ruled by what after the fall of the roman empire?

divine rights


What idea led to the development of absolute rulers in Europe?

Divine rights of Kings


What are two ways the Bill of Rights opposes the idea of the divine right of kings?

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What country was the the first to abolish the divine right of kings?

The divine rights of the kings meant king being given position of equivalence to the god, where his word will be the last word and in return he will always place his interst below that of welfare of his subjects. As the corruption increased, the concentration of power in hands of some rulers made them autocratic, so divine rights were separated by the political rights in Greece, where the divine rights were given to the oracles.


How did petition of right affect English government?

The petition challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land.


What ideas about government developed during the Enlightenment?

Perhaps abandoning the idea of the "divine rights of kings" was a good idea.


What theory on the origin of the state called for a ruler that had been selected by god as a ruler of the land?

Divine Rights of Kings


What was the document Parliament drew up that limited the rights of kings?

It was called the Bill of Rights passed on the 16 December 1689.