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What were John Locke's ideas about gorvernment different from the theory of the divine right of monarchs?
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He supported the principle of popular sovereignity. He claimed that the source of all political powershould be the people: the legitimacy of the state is created and maintained by the will and consent of its people. The monarchs do not have a divine right to rule, they get their power from the people and consequeently should rule for the good of the people.
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The 17th century divine right of monarchs of Western Europe justified their authority in much the same way as the?
emperors of China who claimed the mandate of heaven.
How were the English and french governments of the late 1600s similar or different?
The English government had a Queen while the French had a king. Both countries believed in the divine right of monarchs and had ties to the Capet Dynasty of the 600's. The French king had a tendency to order senseless beheading while the English preferred burning people at the stake.
How did European nation states originate?
The current land division of European countries dates back to the advent of the now defunct Holy Roman Empire, and its distribution of Divine rite to monarchs. The Church of Rome, is the originator of world imperialism.
Which theory about the origins of government holds that government was created by divine power?
Divine Right Theory is the theory about the origins of government that it was created by divine power.
What does john Locke think about divine right?
He Never Believed in Divine Rights, He believed In natural Rights for the people Life, liberty and Poverty
What theory states monarchs rule by the will of God?
The "divine right of kings" theory states that monarchs rule by the will of God.
The theory that monarchs ore Chosen by God?
The theory that monarchs are Chosen by God is called the Divine right Of Kings. =)
To whom did absolute monarchs have to answer?
Only to God. They believed they ruled by Divine Right.
Divine rights of the monarchs?
The divine right theory believed by some monarchs (famously, Louis XIV and James II) was that the ruler's power was God-given and thus the monarch was only responsible to God, rather than the subjects.
What made Louis XIV an absolute monarch?
It was the "so called" Divine Right of the Monarchs.
Why did monarchs of this time believe their authority should never be questioned?
they ruled by divine right
How did absolute monarchy encouraged by divine right of monarchs?
god gave them the right to rule
The age of absolute monarchs?
The age of absolutism was 1550-1770 CE. During this time period European monarchs established absolute rule based on claims of divine right.
Defend or refute the statement dictators in the 20th century Europe have had much greater control over culture and society than had divine right monarchs of earlier centuries?
Dictators of twentieth-century Europe had more control over culture and society than the divine right monarchs, partially because they were mostly elected into their governments before they became dictators. Divine right monarchs were able to make rules but they still had social classes and the clergy to get through.
What idea were porposed by montesquieu and Locke that contradicted absolutism?
Monarchs In Europe believed in the divine right of kings and absolutism.
The divine right theory believed in by several European monarchs is most similar to the concept of?
the mandate of heaven in imperial china
What does the divine right of kings imply?
This was the idea that monarchs were chosen by God, and therefore had the authority to do whatever they wanted, and create laws.
