Author : Glenn Burgess
Release : 1996-01-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 329/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution by : Glenn Burgess
Download or read book Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution written by Glenn Burgess. This book was released on 1996-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-accepted standard view is that the gradual polarization of Court and Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I reflected the split between absolutists (who upheld the divine right of the monarchy to rule) and constitutionalists (who resisted tyranny by insisting the monarch was subject to law) and resulted inevitably in civil war.