Absolutism: Monarchy and Divine Right
Global Absolution vs. Democracy
Absolutism is the most effective government used during the seventieth and eighteenth centuries, unlike Democracy, which wasn’t as effective during these times. Absolutism is a form of government in which one person has complete power. There is Absolute Monarchy and some monarchs were known to have Divine Right. Divine Right is the belief that God gave the monarch the entitlement to rule. Absolute Monarchy is when the monarch doesn’t have constitutional limits. Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the right to choose their own leaders. This government wasn’t as effective in the seventeenth and eightieth centuries. Absolutism is the most effective because there is only one person making decisions, which would be the king or the queen. Decisions would be made hastily. “The head alone has the right to deliberate and decide and the interestt of the state must come first…” (King Louis XIV). King Louis XIV states that one person will make decision making simpler. King Louis describes absolute monarchy as an efficient way to govern because it’s harder for many uneducated people to decide on the correct decree. Also Absolute monarchs don’t have people checking them, therefore letting them do what they wish. Monarchs with Divine Right are also an effective way to govern. Divine right is a monarch that is given the power to rule directly from God. This was effective because anyone who went against the monarch was going against God, yet committing heresy. The people were forced to obey the monarch. “ Kings are justly called gods, for that they exercise a divine power upon earth.” (King James I). King James I had Divine Right. He believed that kings are earthy Gods and they must be obeyed. His people would never dare go against him because they will be going against God. Democracy wasn’t as an effective government because people weren’t very educated in the seventieth and eitghthed centuries. If most
Absolutism is the most effective government used during the seventieth and eighteenth centuries, unlike Democracy, which wasn’t as effective during these times. Absolutism is a form of government in which one person has complete power. There is Absolute Monarchy and some monarchs were known to have Divine Right. Divine Right is the belief that God gave the monarch the entitlement to rule. Absolute Monarchy is when the monarch doesn’t have constitutional limits. Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the right to choose their own leaders. This government wasn’t as effective in the seventeenth and eightieth centuries. Absolutism is the most effective because there is only one person making decisions, which would be the king or the queen. Decisions would be made hastily. “The head alone has the right to deliberate and decide and the interestt of the state must come first…” (King Louis XIV). King Louis XIV states that one person will make decision making simpler. King Louis describes absolute monarchy as an efficient way to govern because it’s harder for many uneducated people to decide on the correct decree. Also Absolute monarchs don’t have people checking them, therefore letting them do what they wish. Monarchs with Divine Right are also an effective way to govern. Divine right is a monarch that is given the power to rule directly from God. This was effective because anyone who went against the monarch was going against God, yet committing heresy. The people were forced to obey the monarch. “ Kings are justly called gods, for that they exercise a divine power upon earth.” (King James I). King James I had Divine Right. He believed that kings are earthy Gods and they must be obeyed. His people would never dare go against him because they will be going against God. Democracy wasn’t as an effective government because people weren’t very educated in the seventieth and eitghthed centuries. If most