A the age of absolutism
Jean Bodin, a French political philosopher, was a strong prominent of the divine right of kings. Bodin lived from 1530 to 1596.
Enlightenment philosophers argued that the divine right of kings was not a legitimate basis for political authority because it lacked rational justification and allowed for unchecked tyranny. They believed that political power should be based on the consent of the governed and that all individuals were entitled to natural rights regardless of a king's divine sanction.
It caused euopeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects
It caused Europeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects.
It caused euopeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects
It caused Europeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects.
It caused Europeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects.
It caused Europeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects.
It caused Europeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects.
the concept that the right to rule derives from God and thatkings are answerable for their actions to God alone
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It caused Europeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects.