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The Divine Right of Kings
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Divine_Right_of_Kings
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
political doctrine
gptkbp:basedOn
religious leader
biblical interpretation
gptkbp:contrastsWith
gptkb:monarchy
republicanism
gptkbp:declinedAfter
gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:Age_of_Enlightenment
gptkbp:describes
monarchical legitimacy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Divine Right of Kings
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:European_monarchies
gptkb:England
gptkb:France
gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:opposedBy
popular sovereignty
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:monarchy
absolutism
gptkbp:requires
monarch's authority comes from God
gptkbp:sometimesCalled
divine right theory
God's mandate
divine right of rulers
gptkbp:was_advocated_by
gptkb:James_VI_and_I
gptkbp:was_challenged_by
gptkb:English_Civil_War
gptkb:Glorious_Revolution
Enlightenment thinkers
gptkbp:was_criticized_by
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Voltaire
gptkbp:was_formalized_in
gptkb:Basilikon_Doron
True Law of Free Monarchies
gptkbp:was_invoked_by
gptkb:Louis_XIV
gptkb:Peter_the_Great
gptkb:Charles_I_of_England
gptkb:Philip_II_of_Spain
gptkbp:was_prominent_in
16th century
17th century
18th century
gptkbp:was_used_to_justify
absolute monarchy
hereditary monarchy
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Dr._Eliot's_Five_Foot_Shelf
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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