Isn’t the point of the whole “divine right of kings” that the kings actions follow the will of god? Or worded a bit differently, that a king works as a god’s proxy.
This would mean that taking land for the crown means taking it in the name of god, right?
Isn’t the point of the whole “divine right of kings” that the kings actions follow the will of god? Or worded a bit differently, that a king works as a god’s proxy.
This would mean that taking land for the crown means taking it in the name of god, right?