Help with divine right monarchs and wars....
liberalitch
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Mon Jul-25-05 09:08 AM
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| Help with divine right monarchs and wars.... |
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I am starting research on how divine right leaders saw the people who actually fought the wars of their making.
Like Bush, I doubt that any of them attended the funerals of the fallen. My goal is to show how Bush is not like an elected democratic leader, but that he is an elitist who knows NOTHING of the struggles of the common man.
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| Taxloss
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Mon Jul-25-05 09:10 AM
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| 1. The English Civil War might be a good starting point. |
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It was fought precisely over that issue. I would recommend reading Hobbes' "Leviathan", a justification of the divine right of kings, and Locke's response to it.
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| acmejack
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Mon Jul-25-05 09:17 AM
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| 2. Remember the *s like to brag they are descended from Royalty. |
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And they damn sure believe it too
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| Siena
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Mon Jul-25-05 12:13 PM
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| 3. Definitely look at Caligula... |
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Not sure how he felt about the people fighting for him but definitely thought himself a god.
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