Apr 30, 2020 | 17th Century, Book, England, Transcription
ROBERT FILMER Sir Robert Filmer – Patriarcha (1680) While some wrote to defend the execution of King Charles I, others wrote to justify the power of kings and queens. Filmer’s work became one of the most important books on the legitimacy of monarchial...
Apr 30, 2020 | 16th Century, Book, England, Transcription
JAMES VI and i The True Law of Free Monarchies (1598) Before becoming king of England, James VI wrote a book about his views on the proper rights and power of monarchs. His views expressed in this work, while he sat on the throne in Scotland, would foreshadow the...
Apr 30, 2020 | 17th Century, England, Law, Transcription
THE KING GONE An Act for Abolishing the Kingly Office (1649) Following the conclusion of the English Civil War and the execution of King Charles I, Parliament passed a law laying claim on the right to legislate on the institution of the monarch itself. Introduction ...
Apr 30, 2020 | 17th Century, England, Pamphlet, Transcription
CHARLES I The Trial of Charles I (1649) A king is put on trial and charged with treason against his own nation. Shockwaves eminate from the challenge to the institution of the monarchy, the pervading form of government for centuries. Introduction The trial of Charles...
Apr 30, 2020 | 16th Century, England, Law, Transcription
Queen ELIZABETH I Elizabethan Statute of Artificers Marginalia (1603) The Elizabethan Statute of Artificers (1563) creates a system of state-enforced labor relations that are coercive and stringent, demonstrating the origins of state involvement in forcing people to...
