What improvements did European monarchs use in statebuilding to secure their rule?

Divine rights of kings. This document asserted that the ruler should have political and religious authority above anything else.

Explanation:

This document asserted that the ruler should have political and religious authority above anything else.

supplies had to travel a long distance across water on ships that were often attacked, so they did not reach europe

the idealization of the rural landscape ; admiration for the beauty of nature ; focus on an individual's inner concerns