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 | 17th Century, Charter, North America, Transcription
Carolina Original Charter of Carolina (1629) Charles I granted this charter to Sir Robert Heath for the lands south of Virginia in 1629. It acts as a constitution for that territory: setting out the boundaries, governing structure, and delegating to Heath some of the...
Apr 30, 2020 | 17th Century, Book, Transcription
JOHN MILTON John Milton – Eikonoklastes (1649) Following the end of the English Civil War, the country was rattled by the destruction of the monarchy and the execution of a king. Many thought the murder of a monarch unjust. Others, like Milton, made the case for...
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, Charter, North America, Transcription
Charters The Charter of Maryland (1632) King Charles I and his supporters envisioned structures of power and authority in the development of the English Empire. Consider how Lord Baltimore and his heirs were granted “absolute” lordship and power in the...
