Define monarchy? explain the different forms a monarchy may take
What will be an ideal response?
Monarchy is a political system in which power resides in one person or family and is
passed from generation to generation through lines of inheritance. Monarchies are most
common in agrarian societies and are associated with traditional authority patterns.
Absolute monarchs claim a hereditary right to rule (based on membership in a noble
family) or a divine right to rule (a God-given right to rule that legitimizes the exercise of
power). In limited monarchies, rulers depend on powerful members of the nobility to
retain their thrones. In constitutional monarchies, the royalty serve as symbolic rulers or
heads of state and actual authority is held by elected officials in national parliaments
(such as the United Kingdom)? members of royal families primarily perform ceremonial
functions.
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