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Sacral Kingship Between Disenchantment and Re-Enchantment: The French and English Monarchies 1587-1688

Sacral Kingship Between Disenchantment and Re-Enchantment: The French and English Monarchies 1587-1688

Asch, Ronald G.

Hardcover

Series: Studies in British and Imperial History, Book 2

General ChristianityGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1782383565
ISBN13: 9781782383567
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Jul 1 2014
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

France and England are often seen as monarchies standing at opposite ends of the spectrum of seventeenth-century European political culture. On the one hand the Bourbon monarchy took the high road to absolutism, while on the other the Stuarts never quite recovered from the diminution of their royal authority following the regicide of Charles I in 1649. However, both monarchies shared a common medieval heritage of sacral kingship, and their histories remained deeply entangled throughout the century. This study focuses on the interaction between ideas of monarchy and images of power in the two countries between the execution of Mary Queen of Scots and the Glorious Revolution. It demonstrates that even in periods when politics were seemingly secularized, as in France at the end of the Wars of Religion, and in latter seventeenth- century England, the appeal to religious images and values still lent legitimacy to royal authority by emphasizing the sacral aura or providential role which church and religion conferred on monarchs.

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