Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Catholic Church, Scientific Revolution, Outlast
10 Jan 2017
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Elizabeth > james 1 > charles 1: queen elizabeth 1, succeeded by james 1, charles 1. James and charles believe in divine right of kings - people who are in the position of kings are put in that place by god. They have roman catholic sympathies in what is a protestant country. King vs parliament (1629-1640: king - roman catholic, parliament - protestant, led to the civil war. 1642-9 > civil war: charles 1st gets his head chopped off. 1649 - 60 > commonwealth: monarchy seceded by commonwealth - oliver cromwell, supposed to be a more democratic organization - does not outlast oliver cromwell"s death. 1660 - restoration charles ii: monarchy again. 1685 > james ii rc: roman catholic. 1688 glorious revolution: overthrow the king, set up another king, bring over a prince from another king - william of orange. Thomas hobbes - dull, straightforward, a plotter - attempting to be clear and connected - definitions.
