Prompt: Evaluate the extent to which rulers of the early modern period (1450-1750) differed in their
methods of establishing authority.

The Divine Right to rule gradually gave way to limited power and listed rights for Parliament.

Explanation:

During centuries monarchs ruled as they pleased, using the Divine Right to rule as the good-enough explanation for ruling the people. The Renaissance (1350 to 1500) led to the Reformation and a more humanistic - and not religious - approach to how the world should be governed. This was followed by the Enlightenment (1600s & 1700s) that openly critisized the lack of reason in how monarchs governed.

The English Bill of Rights (1689), a follow-up of the Magna Carta (1215) that was ment to limit the power of the Monarchy, was a milestone that truly limited the monarch´s power and gave (executive) power to Parliament.

In short, we can say that rulers once established authority through Divine right that was linked to Faith. During and after the Enlightenment the monarchs needed to Reason in order to stay in power.

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