The belief the Germanic rulers adopted from the Romans was Catholicism.
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Trade made Great Zimbabwe's rulers wealthy and powerful.
Hessians were professional soldiers who were often "rented" out to other armies by their rulers, a common practice in 18th century Europe. The British Crown had family ties to some of these German princes, and utilized them in several conflicts, most notably the American War of Independence. As units, Hessians fought because their rulers had family ties to the Crown of Britain, and had been paid to send their troops. Individually, the soldiers usually had nothing to gain from the conflict, but fought anyway because it was their duty as soldiers. Being a professional princely army, Hessians upheld a strong code of honour--They served out of a sense of loyalty to their princes and their States.
human nature was self-centered
the rulers run a well organized government from a capital city.
The idea at the time was that rulers were put in place in order to better the country or by the divine selection of God. This led to the thought that if the leader was trying to better our country or if God has put him there, i need to do my part to help him, so people existed to support the government. Locke challenged this idea, thus making his belief a radical idea.