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	POLITICAL THOUGHT IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
		Princes have the right to a certain splendor in their way of life, to be paid for out of the people's taxes, but they should remember where the money comes from and not use it for luxury or to gratify their passions.
		Kings are the lowest of the three levels of human society, the other two being the people and the priesthood, both of which kings are instituted to serve.
		These theories of the right of resistance and of the popular origin of sovereignty, which were characteristic of the Huguenots as a revolutionary party, were hastily abandoned when the leader of their faction became king of France.
	vlib.iue.it /carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/21.html (11609 words)

	Divine Right of Kings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The king or queen of the United Kingdom is the last monarch still to undergo such a ceremony, which in other countries has been replaced by an inauguration or other declaration.
		Thomas Aquinas accepted the overthrow of a king and even regicide when the laws of the king are untenably unjust, however, and towards the end of the Middle Ages many philosophers such as Nicholas of Cusa and Francisco Suarez propounded similar theories.
		The notion of divine right of kings was certainly in existence in the medieval period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Divine_Right_of_Kings (1400 words)

	Divine
		Divine Praises The Divine Praises is a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
		Divine Principle Divine Principle is the main theological textbook of the Unification Church, held to have the status of...
		Divine Right of Kings ''This article is about the doctrine; The Divine Right of Kings is also the title of a short Edgar...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/divine.html (545 words)

	Divine Right of Kings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The notion of divine right ofkings was certainly in existence anterior to the mediæval period, however itwas during this time that the notion became extensively used as a primarily political mechanism i.e.
		Kings are justly called gods, for that they exercise a manner or resemblance of divine power upon earth: for if you willconsider the attributes to God, you shall see how they agree in the person of a king.
		The Parliamentary victory, confirmed by the Glorious Revolution of 1688,was the death knell of the divine right of kings in England, and firmly established the principle of constitutional monarchy where the ultimate authority wasParliament, not the monarch.
	www.therfcc.org /divine-right-of-kings-4753.html (1243 words)

	The True King Arthur Found - Atlantean Kings series III: New World Order and the Antichrist of Freemasonry
		Aschil, rex dacorum,” king of the Dacians, or Danes in Britain “Loth, rex norgueigensium,” King Loth of the northerners “Hoelus, dux armoricum,” or Duke Hoel of the Britons Kay Bedevere “Gualguainus, nepo regis,” or Gawain, the king’s nephew.
		King Arthur was said by Geoffrey to have assigned as his place of rendezvous on the French coast the estuary specifically named “Ad portum barbe fluuii” (to the harbor of the Barbe River) and "in portu barbe fluuii" (in the harbor of the Barbe River).
		It is therefore, reasonable to assume that the real divinity they laid claim to, was the very divinity Akhenaten claimed, which was the "son of the Sun God," the son of Lucifer, and this would have been understood by their own.
	www.angelfire.com /realm3/atlanteankings/2.html (11594 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		There the King became a convert to his preaching, and before the year had passed ten thousand of his subjects had received baptism; for to gain the King was to gain his tribe as well.
		One king, who had set up a large altar devoted to the worship of Christ, set up a smaller one at the other end of the hall to the old heathen deities, in order that he might make sure of the favor of both.
		The charter guaranteed: (1) The rights of the Church (which William Rufus had constantly violated); (2) the rights of the nobles and landholders against extortionate demands by the Crown; (3) the right of all classes to protection of the old English customs or laws.
	www.seas.upenn.edu /~ntk/englishhistory.txt (21455 words)

	Learn more about Divine Right of Kings in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Learn more about Divine Right of Kings in the online encyclopedia.
		Japanese imperial theory based the legitimacy of the Emperor of Japan on his descent from Ameratsu, however unlike the European case, this divinity did not usually translate into political power.
		Kings are also compared to fathers of families: for a king is truly Parens patriæ, the politique father of his people.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /d/di/divine_right_of_kings.html (1275 words)

	divine kingship -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article
		A third form of divine kingship, one practiced in Europe, is that of the ruler as mediator or executive agent of a god.
		He advocated the idea of the king's divine nature, or divine sanction of the king's office, but he also attempted to reconcile it with a theory of the elective origin of the king.
		The poem was written by the Italian poet Dante in about 1310–14, while he was in exile from his native city, Florence.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article?tocId=9362862 (926 words)

	absalom
		King David: The Biblical David is, of course, one of great heroes of the Old Testament.
		In the poem, Achitophel represents The Earl of Shaftesbury, an anti-monarchical noble who led the charge in Parliament to have James excluded from Royal succession.
		King David's final speech in which he laments the rebellion of his favorite son but vows to fight all challenges to his sovereignty and make sure that Jerusalem is governed by the divinely appointed line of rulers.
	webpages.shepherd.edu /maustin/eng311/absalom.html (864 words)

	LiteratureClassics.com -- Essay -- "An Ungrateful Soyl": The Sexual Politics of John Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The poem works as an apology for Charles II excesses, but more than that, it works as an argument in favor of the restoration of the Divine Right of Kings in the post-Commonwealth era of the restored Stuart monarchy.
		In the poem, David is accused by Achitophel of being a Jebusite---a Catholic---so as to pull the Israelites' support away from David in favor of Absalom (the Duke of Monmouth being a Protestant).
		And let us not forget that this Divine Right upon which Charles II/David's rule so rests is a secular version of the papal power so feared at this time; for although the infallibility of the pope was only decreed dogma in the nineteenth century, it had been assumed for centuries prior to that.
	www.literatureclassics.com /showessayprint.asp?IDNo=1112 (3258 words)

	Angels and Demons
		There shall not be found among you any that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
		He went and preached tothe spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
		In Dante's 'Divine Comedy' (1321?) angels appear as both messengers and guardians, and Satan is vividly portrayed frozen in a block of ice.
	demons.monstrous.com /angels_and_demons.htm (2503 words)

	British Isles, 1600-1800 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Stuarts' rule by the Divine Right of Kings undermines the authority of subjects represented by Parliament, and their Catholic sympathies stir a new wave of religious unrest.
		Literature and drama flourish at his court, as the king lends his patronage to such luminaries as playwright Ben Jonson (1572–1637) and the King's Men, a theatrical troupe co-owned by Richard Burbage (1567?–1619) and William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
		While the king's connoisseurship contributes to the cultural richness of the kingdom, it also contributes significantly to the crown's steadily increasing debt.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/09/euwb/ht09euwb.htm (3700 words)

	King James I: Divine Right of Kings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		And lastly, kings are compared to the head of this microcosm of the body
		Kings are justly called gods, for they exercise a manner or resemblance of divine
		And to the king is due both affection of the soul and the service of the
	www.geocities.com /pcypages/kingship.html (262 words)

	Quest for Middle-earth - The Coming of Kings
		Human kings were the intermediaries between the Gods and the growing and spreading humanity.
		The claims of ancient kings that they went to war, conquered new lands, or subjugated distant peoples "on the command of my God" should not be taken lightly.
		Sir Laurence Gardner, in his book the Genesis of the Grail Kings, stated that the monarchs of the Grail succession were called Messiahs (Anointed Ones) because, in the early days of Mesopotamia and Egypt, they were anointed with the fat of the sacred Messeh (the holy dragon or crocodile).
	www.ufodigest.com /quest12.html (810 words)

	Catholic Citizens
		Another way of looking at it is to consider the platform of the Divine Right theorists, who believed that the king derived his power directly from God, and he governed as a father governs a child.
		Being free and equal, none had any more or less right to rule than another, but because survival depends on some kind of orderly and good government, the necessity for some kind of civil authority was inherent in the nature of society.
		As it was divinely inspired that men and women should form communities, and thus need government, it stands to reason that the members of that society should determine who rules them as individuals.
	catholiccitizens.org /platform/platformview.asp?c=6721 (2151 words)

	Prolegomena to the Study of Kings - James E. Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Kings is not a free and original composition, and yet the author was not merely a compiler.
		The introductions to the various kings usually consist of the following elements: (a) a synchronistic dating of the king's accession in terms of the reigning king in rhe sister kingdom; (b) the king's place of residence; (c) the length of his reign; (d) an evaluation of his religious attitude.
		Perhaps the most prominent feature of Kings is the way in which the author assesses the significance of the individual kings according to their religious policies, not political achievements.
	www.dabar.org /SemReview/kingsprol.htm (11694 words)

	The Brooklyn Rail
		It may be that any poem as we read it is only some of the first few spring leaves of the actual poem, whose true unfolding—from deepest root to flower to fruit to recreative seed—is to be found in its proliferating, uttering of itself in us.
		We have to understand, then, that the whole poem, the true deep vast poem of the poem, is an energy behind the artifact, an energy which comes to expression and fruition in every translation (however clumsy), adaptation, musical setting, etc.
		A poem happens in time, and we call its author the first genius or wastrel who happened to notice it in the psycho-cosm and write it down, having spotted it growing there at the side of the mind.
	www.thebrooklynrail.org /archives/nov05/POETRY/kelly.html (2123 words)

	The Texas Episcopalian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Sumerian Myth of Cattle and Grain says that men were created to serve the gods, to relieve them of tasks they had previously performed themselves so that at last the gods could enjoy their immortality to the full.
		Merely human kings have sent their subjects out to die for them by the thousands.
		Before doing so, he said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them...but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Mt. 20:25ff).
	www.epicenter.org /txepis/mar04/art9.htm (911 words)

	What Is Dans Age Right Now - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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	Arthurian Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The majority of the poems in the manuscript date from between the 8th- and the 11th-century and are implicitly attributed to the fictional persona of the all-knowing, semi-divine Taliesin (for this legendary Taliesin and his relationship to the historical Taliesin of the 6th-century, see Sir Ifor Williams
		In the extant portion of the poem Bedwyr and Cai are Arthur's main henchmen and its general world is one in which Arthur and his men fight battles against human or supernatural enemies, including cynocephali (dog-headed men), witches, and Palug's Cat.
		The poem is a religious one, with Arthur portrayed as a pagan warrior-hero who gains religious enlightenment from the eagle, which is revealed to him as the reincarnation of his dead nephew Eliwlad, son of Madog, son of Uthyr:
	www.arthuriana.co.uk /concepts/arthlit.htm (10586 words)

	Archangel Gabriel
		Page 4: It is understood that this poem (the opening poem of Booklet V) was “given” by GABRIEL since HE was known in many incarnations as “the messenger of the Gods” and it is stated here “I am that messenger.” He was GANYMEDE and HERMES who were known as messengers of their times.
		Both came in at times for “twice your power” promised by Elijah (a life of the King of Kings), when his son was Elias (a male physical plane manifestation for Gabriel) who at a later date manifested on earth in a female form known as Virgin Mary.
		The King of Kings soul is called “The One Initiator,” while the responsibility of the Virgin Mother is preparing souls to pass through the door of initiation.
	interdenominationaldivineorder.com /story/gabriel.htm (2492 words)

	morte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Their king's major virtues were wisdom and courage; there was no divine right of kings—i.e., the best warrior was king, was chosen for his abilities, and ruled until he was no longer able or until the populace decided to replace him.
		King Arthur is a mixture of Celtic and Germanic lore and also embodies some Mediterranean qualities.
		(1137) Welsh monk; "History of the Kings of Britain" is the first to mention some of the prophecies; mentions Merlin; has both Arthur and Ambrosius Aurelianus; comes close to identifying a "tribe" of ancestry for Arthur; is the first to give Guinevere's infidelity, but with Mordred, not Lancelot; gives Uther and Igraine's sleeping together.
	www.waycross.edu /faculty/selby/mort.html (1706 words)

	Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Proceedings vol.8
		It was in fact a protest against the hubris of a King’s claim that whatever he did it was God’s Will with the sanction of the Pope, God’s representative on Earth — the King and his court being a romantic conception of an anthropomorphic god in Heaven, creator and ruler of Earth.
		This is not about the rights of man as bestowed by the State; for Locke it is a simple statement of fact.
		Most men appear to feel that they are anchored to a belief and are unable to appreciate that the flexibility and freedom that comes with admitting that one does not know and that whatever the belief or idea that appears in life is an assumption, not a truth.
	www.brlsi.org /proceed04/philosophy200407.htm (2475 words)

	Broglio: Blake Re-Radicalizing Paine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Thus, such political-religious truths as the divine right of kings lose their ontological validity and become elements in a historical hegemony.
		The poem is mainly concerned with undermining scriptural authority.
		To emphasize this distance, on the plate in the first stanza break is a dragon and in the second break is a billowing line of clouds with a dark blue sky or sea colored hole in the clouds.
	prometheus.cc.emory.edu /panels/1E/Broglio.html (3907 words)

	Chapter Satyrane <i>to</i> Scallop-Shell of S by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		God was their king, and God they durst depose.
		Saurid, king of Egypt, say the Coptites, built the pyramids 300 years before the Flood; and, according to the same authority, the following inscription was engraved upon one of them:—
		I, king Saurid, built the pyramids…and finished them in six years.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1129/14975/1.html (376 words)

	The Columbiad, by Joel Barlow
		The poem therefore could not with propriety be modelled after that regular epic form which the more splendid works of this kind have taken, and on which their success is supposed in a great measure to depend.
		In the poem here presented to the public the objects, as in other works of the kind, are two, the fictitious object of the action and the real object of the poem.
		Yet it is presumed that many persons, who might be entertained with a poem on this subject, are but slightly acquainted with the life and character of the hero whose extraordinary genius led him to discover the continent, and whose singular sufferings, arising from that service, ought to excite the indignation of the world.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/8clmb10h.htm (15736 words)

	pappy was here: July 2002
		A rival tradition, running from William Blake to William Empson, held that the poem is great because it expresses unconscious hostility toward God.
		Blake famously wrote that Milton was 'a true poet of the Devil's party without knowing it.' Many have dismissed this comment as incorrigibly eccentric, but Blake and his successors hold one advantage over their critical adversaries.
		Milton's entire case against the divine right of kings is that divine right arrogates a dominion that belongs to God alone.
	stratkey.blogspot.com /2002_07_01_stratkey_archive.html (1329 words)

	MAGIC -- BLACK and WHITE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Her paintings adorned the walls of its cafes, and visitors to Sydney, whose first trip was likely to the Cross anyway, began to seek her out.
		She was now being called the leader of a witch cult and whilst the "cult" never seemed to amount to much more than a few friends gathering in her small flat for occult talk and the occasional friendly ritual, this was too good a story for the tabloids to let go.
		This divine reductionism is referred to as "Duotheism", and it is not a Traditional Witchcraft Belief.
	www.thinkingseriously.com /gpage12.html (7932 words)

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