- The political theory that monarchs have complete control over theirsubjects by divine right.- Divine right asserts that the right to rule was given to monarchsfrom God, thus legitimizing their right to rule.- The monarch had absolute authority to make all laws (although he himselfstood above the law) and establish domestic and foreign policy.- This political theory dominated Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.- Best exemplified by the actions of King Louis XIV of France, including hisrevocation of the Edict of Nantes and the building of his palace at Versailles.

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