ree Monarchies, sovereign, and absolute power (Jacobsohn 63).
The term "Divine Right of Kings" was coined by James I of England during the early 1600s. The divine right of kings meant that the kings are accountable to God alone. This brought about the view that the kings were different from the rest of the people in society. The divine right of kings also says that no one is equal to the king within his realm "The king must not be under man but under God and under the law, because law makes the king, for there is no king where will rules rather than law. Since he is the vicar of God, there should not be anyone in his kingdom who surpasses him in the doing of justice, but he ought to be the last, or almost so, to receive it, when he is plaintiff. If it is asked of him, since no writ runs against him there will only be opportunity for a petition, that he correct and amend his act; if
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