Divine right of kings

American Revolution. The Enlightenment, was known as the Age of Reason. The Age of Reason was a scientific revolution that spread far out beyond the world of science. People began to look for laws governing human society. This challenged divine right, which said that kings got their power from God. These ideas ended up paving the way for this new movement. During this Age of Reason, there were many…

James I was an Episcopalian king who believed in the divine right to rule and did not seek assistance from Parliament. James I called for Parliament four times throughout his 22 year reign, and dissolved it once because he did not wish to work with them. James’ economic advisor, Robert Cecil, was a savvy economist who “replaced” Parliament for James I. James believed that his power to rule came from God, and is responsible to God alone. This belief is known as the divine right to rule, and James…

The sculpture Triad of King Mycerinus and Two Goddesses, which resides at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, was excavated from The Temple of Mycerinus in Giza and was created between 2548 - 2530 BCE, during the reign of Mycerinus. Made from greywacke, an incredibly coarse, dark sandstone, this sculpture uses variation in texture, incorrect scale, and line to draw attention to King Mycerinus in relation to the two divinities, and thus is an example of royalty as divinity. Overall, this sculpture…

Both Antigone and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. engage in civil disobedience in order to further their own interests. However while Antigone engages in civil disobedience on the basis of sacred or divine laws, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. engages in disobedience based on the moral rights of equality. King uses nonviolent protest to achieve his goals, while Antigone outright breaks laws set by king Creon. Also, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has a big following to his cause with a large group of people…

definition of the ideal king has changed with history and reacted to praiseworthy and blameworthy examples that have gone before. Through their many written works such as On Kingship, The Prince, and The Discourses, Aquinas and Machiavelli gained fame as great political thinkers and established their opinions on kingship; however, they differed in their views on the motive of a king’s actions, the king’s relationship…

The 1600 's were a powerful and influential time for French history, with the uprising of the French Revolution, the divine-right of kings, and the utter lavishness of the Palace Versailles. There was extreme political tension between Louis XIV and the people, which caused caused great social turmoil. Louis XIV, also known as the "Sun King", was both a successful ruler, while simultaneously a rather arrogant one. While the French Revolution was taking place, Louis XIV was targeted amongst the…

commoners could no longer keep the country afloat with their tax dollars and the king had to call a meeting of the estates general. Although the meeting of the estates generals had good intentions it could not spare the commoners of France from the tax burden. During the meeting of the estates general the King tried to disperse the taxes among the nobility and land owners of the country but they refused claiming their divine rights of man. The members of…

One very contraversial question in discussions of Sophocles's Antigone is: does Antigone have any right to defy Creon's edict concerning her brother's burial? Obviously, she thinks so, while Creon vehmently dissagrees with her point of view. In my reading of Antigone I found Antigone's arguments to be good deal stronger than Creon's, and to back her up well. While Creon's arguments are unable to stand the blow of common sense, much less his opponents arguments. Antigone offers several…

to be France. The absolute monarchy spread the idea of the state as a public good, a sovereign legal person. There was no longer a place for patrimonial ideas, the state as the property of the ruler. In the days of Richelieu, the first minister of king Louis XIII,(1585 -1642) and especially Louis XIV (1643-1715), the absolute monarchy attained the bloom. The views of Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu, who vowed "to make the royal power supreme in France and France supreme in Europe.", prepared…

Louis XIV had a very strong and powerful monarch. He had inherited the throne at the age of 5 years old. He was the king of France. King Louis became a diligent and conscientious ruler. Louis XIV firmly believed in his divine right to rule. He had created a reign which brought him great power. The people would refer to him as the “Sun King” because he was the light which directed the state. He was different from all the other rulers. Instead, of him getting help from the Nobles and Bishops, he…