OCC CIV NOTES 10/26

King James VI and King James I are the SAME PERSON
-scottish king first, became king of england. good stuff
-wrote a work in defense of monarchy...?

we're talking about the resistance period... huh?
lots of violence going on... protestants against catholics, protestants against protestants
-both prot. and cath. just hate the jews
-lots of religious wars between states and groups
-30 years war is a nice example of this
vast majority of protestants require obedience to secular authority
-huge evidence for this is in Romans 13
-Calvin took Romans 13 as justification for the idea that all authority was from God and to be obeyed
-this means that rulers really really liked protestantism
there was, however, a major upspringing of resistance theories, the idea that there is 'just resistance' against unjust rulers who violate personal rights

John Knox- scottish theorist who believed that society was 'godly'
-any non-godly society must be overthrown by the people- it's their duty
those in power didnt quite accept this, because that means that everybody could rebel at any point
-they argue that there are different strata of society who could revolt at different points
-nobles were the ones who could rebel, not the people
-they believed that an unjust king was better than an anarchy

George Buchanan
-wrote a work in defense of the rebellion in scotland
-society was a construct of human beings, SECULAR in nature, not religious
-society was for the people's temporal benefits
-if a government became tyrannical, the people had the right to take its powers away
-this is essentially popular sovereignty

force is legitimate for Lutherans
-this idea is applied to politics
-they take this to mean that resistance is legitimate in the face of injustice
-rulers were appointed for the people, and if they didnt serve the people, then buh-bye

John Mair (or Major) was one of the major sources of the arguments that resistance was legitimate

King James VI of Scotland became King of England (James I) after Queen Elizabeth died without heir, james was the closest relative
-James I was a self-styled "philosopher king"
-wrote a bunch of books to prove this
-wrote one in defense of witch hunting, killed lots of witches
-wrote another one in defense of monarchy
-very aware of possible assassins, etc
-argued that a king to his people was like a father to his children and a head to its body
-as a head you ruled as best possible
-the head can cut off any other members of the body, but the body cannot survive without the head
-as a father you ruled with caring, as a father rules a family
-included the power to punish physically
-could even execute ones own family members
-resisting a father is only done by one animal in the animal kingdom- the viper
-if you rebel, you're a snake and a devil
-we kill you now. gg n00b.
-this means that the King was free from the fear of rebellion
-GOD is the only judge of whether a ruler has ruled well or poorly
-this judgment does NOT lie in the hands of the people
-in the 16th century, james built himself a palace. with a banquet house... who cares?
-okie dokie here comes the slide show and i dont care about it

King Charles I executed on 30 January 1649
-executed for being a tyrant
-for 'treason' against his people
-interestingly, for royalists, the king was a god-appointed office
-the killing of a king was DEICIDE
after Charles I was executed, england declared itself a Republic (1649-1660)
-royalty was abolished
-bishops were abolished
-the anglican church was essentially shat upon
-whole hosts of protestant sects sprung up during the republican period in england