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Divine Right or Theocracy both have the idea that the right to rule is given by god.
Consent of the governed, spread by john Locke
He supported the principle of popular sovereignity. He claimed that the source of all political powershould be the people: the legitimacy of the state is created and maintained by the will and consent of its people. The monarchs do not have a divine right to rule, they get their power from the people and consequeently should rule for the good of the people.
the concept that the right to rule derives from God and thatkings are answerable for their actions to God alone
It caused euopeans to question the divine right of kings to rule their subjects