The Divine Right of Kings

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Divine_Right_of_Kings

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:political_doctrine
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:religious_leader biblical interpretation
gptkbp:contrastsWith	gptkb:monarchy republicanism
gptkbp:declinedAfter	gptkb:French_Revolution gptkb:Age_of_Enlightenment
gptkbp:describes	monarchical legitimacy
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	7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Divine Right of Kings