Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Elizabethan England (c1568–1603).
The right of a monarch to rule based on birth and the belief they were chosen by God (Divine Right).
Legitimacy appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Elizabethan England (c1568–1603) and Mary Queen of Scots.
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