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divine right of kings

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While the wording conceded something to the divine right of kings, it also included a caveat about lawful resistance to a monarch. en.wikipedia.org

This theory of consent is historically contrasted to the divine right of kings and has often been invoked against the legitimacy of colonialism. en.wikipedia.org

Going against the tide of the times, she believed in the divine right of kings and aristocratic hierarchies. en.wikipedia.org

It implies an account of the divine right of kings, but in religious rather than legal terms. en.wikipedia.org

The divine right of kings was thus opposed to the sovereign's unchecked "auctoritas". en.wikipedia.org

The new power of the monarch was given a basis by the notion of the divine right of kings to rule over their subjects. en.wikipedia.org

The divine right of kings, or divine-right theory of kingship, is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. en.wikipedia.org

The doctrine of popular sovereignty directly challenged the former divine right of kings. en.wikipedia.org

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