Summary of Sunni concepts Sovereignty theory Sovereignty theory is the theoretical philosophical explanation of the principle of the people ruling themselves While democracy is its practical political practice The idea of sovereignty arose in France at the end of the Middle Ages When the popes and the emperor faced the kings of the states Claiming that sovereignty is theirs Considering that it is a right and a divine mandate The kings responded to them with the same weapons Giving sovereignty to the temporal authority That is, the one that rules at a certain time They are kings Then French jurists adopted this concept And they removed it from everyone They formulated the theory of sovereignty from it