According to the divine-right theory of government, the king derives his authority from God alone and is not accountable to his subjects. the people and the state exist only to enrich the sovereign. power and authority are based on a contract between the sovereign and his citizens. the king has a divine mandate to serve his people well; if he violates that trust, he can be overthrown.

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Alena Calhoun

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14 September, 19:17

According to the divine-right theory of government, the king derives his authority from God alone and is not accountable to his subjects. the people and the state exist only to enrich the sovereign. power and authority are based on a contract between the sovereign and his citizens. the king has a divine mandate to serve his people well; if he violates that trust, he can be overthrown.

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the king derives his authority from God alone and is not accountable to his subjects

Explanation:

The so-called divine right became the preferred way for justifying monarchs in Europe during the late Medieval ages. The idea became appealing since the king would only be held accountable to God, and Christian beliefs and ideas of authority enabled him to legitimate his throne.

A monarch would therefore no have other authority but him to rule and express the will of God in his kingdom.

The removal of kings by that time was a rare possibility since they had been securing their power within generations.

This scenario paved the way for a social contract theory to be built and developed.