James I on the Divine Right of Kings (1609)
1) The overall theme of this reading is Divine Right and how kings were actually thought to be Gods themselves, for they asserted the same authority as God does to a certain extent. Also how God himself calls them Gods, and how the state of the monarchy is the most powerful thing on this very earth. These Kings are the fathers of their political families.
I really would like to know how and why the whole monarchy system got started because who really know if they are of royal blood and how does one become of royal blood? It deeply interests me how the first people who started the monarchy system became Kings and Queens. Also it is interesting that one of the three grievances that one must avoid is challenging the “ancient rights” of their predecessors; is it because they had something to hide or some other interesting story.
One could compare this to the differences of social class that we have in American and how kids in grade school and middle school get picked on often by other kids for being of a different social class. If one attempts to challenge the higher authority they get beat up, because they tried to disrupt the system for the better. It always made me wonder why this sort of thing happens if everyone is equal is our democratic society today.
-A.Webb
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