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Why did absolute monarchs believe that they were justified in exercising absolute power?

Why did absolute monarchs believe that they were justified in exercising absolute power?
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Why did absolute monarchs believe that they were justified in exercising absolute power?

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Because they believed in divine right. God created monarchy and monarch acted as a representative for God.
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