Divine right of dynasty: deposing the God-given monarch in protestant Europe
In the early modern period, the discourse on divine right of monarchy reached a peak. At the same time, depositions of monarchs by their own subjects increased as well, events which were — in theory — not possible within the political ideology of divine right. This chapter argues that the theory of...
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2023
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| description | In the early modern period, the discourse on divine right of monarchy reached a peak. At the same time, depositions of monarchs by their own subjects increased as well, events which were — in theory — not possible within the political ideology of divine right. This chapter argues that the theory of divine right and the practice of depositions did indeed complement each other when taking a closer look both at the ideas of divinely legimitated monarchy and of the course of events during a deposition. In particular, the role of the dynasty and of the form of government within divine right of monarchy is discussed further and identif ied as central to early modern political thought. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3c737e42-a2ad-46ae-9e46-4b66225e982a2024-04-09T15:30:43ZDivine right of dynasty: deposing the God-given monarch in protestant EuropeBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843uuid:3c737e42-a2ad-46ae-9e46-4b66225e982aEnglishSymplectic ElementsAmsterdam University Press2023Sarti, CGeevers, LGustafsson, HIn the early modern period, the discourse on divine right of monarchy reached a peak. At the same time, depositions of monarchs by their own subjects increased as well, events which were — in theory — not possible within the political ideology of divine right. This chapter argues that the theory of divine right and the practice of depositions did indeed complement each other when taking a closer look both at the ideas of divinely legimitated monarchy and of the course of events during a deposition. In particular, the role of the dynasty and of the form of government within divine right of monarchy is discussed further and identif ied as central to early modern political thought. |
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