Explain why “the divine right of kings” clashes with the idea of a social contract.

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The “the divine right of kings” clashes with the idea of a social contract in that the divine right of kings was supposedly inherited by God. Kings and royalty thought that God had granted them the divine right to rule. That is why the believed they could do as they pleased.

However, the social contract, a concept developed by Swiss philosopher Jean-Jaques Roseau, stated that people were the ones that allowed rulers to govern, surrendering some of their freedoms in exchange for protection.

the conditions that made the byzantine empire vulnerable to attacks by the muslin turks were the sack of constantinople by western crusaders, the conquests of the sultanate of rum, presence of rival kingdoms and finally the set up of fiefdoms at the empire which were owned by the ghazis (turkish warriors).