What is mean by the divine right of kings?

Answer 1

The 'divine right of kings' is the claim, made by absolute monarchs, that they are responsible only to God, and cannot be bound by the representatives of the people that they rule. i dont get it either....

Answer 2

The Doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings meant that God gave Kings their Divine Right to rule their countries, instead of by election, or taking it in turns with other members of the Royal family (such as the eldest and most experienced and most popular, instead of a small boy, nine years old and motherless (Edward VI, the youngest child of Henry VIII).

It was, of course, most popular in Catholic countries, but England suffered under it as well after King Charles I (it's main proponent) married the Catholic Henrietta Maria (from Spain, England's main enemy, I think), and became so unpopular that his Parliament, widely supported by his largely Protestant people, chopped off his head in January 1649. This would not have affected his Intelligence much, but it killed him in the process, bringing Oliver Cromwell (followed by his son Richard) to ten or eleven years rule as Lord Protector. They were strict Puritans, so it wasn't a lot of laughs, and they were succeeded in 1660 by the much more charming and vastly intelligent Charles II, who'd been corrupted by his long stay in France after 1649 and was hugely popular in a land just before ruled by Puritans.

Answer 3

There was a time when the monarchy of many countries felt that they ruled by God's Grace, and had, therefore, to answer to no man or woman. This was known as the divine right of kings (and queens, of course).

Answer 4

The concept of the "Divine Right of Kings" was that the King was himself "appointed" by God. As a result, he had a right to rule regardless of whether the people, the religious leaders, or the nobility would have preferred a different leader in his stead.

Answer 5

The divine right is when a ruler feels that it is god who made them ruler and wants them to be ruler.

Answer 6

This means that Kings derive their authority from God and not their subjects so that rebellion against the King was a sin. In a sense, an absolute ruler.