HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - English Civil War, Fronde
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Nothing to restrain the power of the government, The power of the monarch protected the state quite well, better against foreign invasions. The 30 years war changed the continent to a place of constant danger and instability. An intellectual who tried to discover how charles made a mess of things. Tried to explain the events of the english civil war. God never intervenes in human affairs, especially in politics. Wrote a book about absolutism and the power of the monarchy: leviathan. Men and woman lived in a state of nature where the strong preyed on the weak. Necessary for men and women to come together to form a group or body that would rule over themselves for the benefit of all. The idea was to build a society, a law that could be enforced. Development for a contract: gave up everything for security and a measure of responsibility. The subjects would have to suffer and obey.
