Divine Right Of Kings

Abstract: 12 pages in length. The chaotic aspect of seventeenth century politics led to two completely disparate approaches to political order: natural laws and divine rights. As humanity's natural rights evolved up to the time of Hugo Grotius, two equally adamant opinions continued to linger. It was through Grotius' enlightened philosophies that the world began to pay more attention to the sometimes-subtle yet always absolute aspect of natural rights. Contrary to Grotius' more humane perspective was that of Jacques-Benigne Bossuet's, who intensified the medieval toward kingship. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

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Subcatagory: European History

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