howard mcsweeney1 wrote:it seems a simple case of being power drunk and genuinely believing that he was the right hand man to the almighty.
James I and, to a certain extent, Charles I, represented the most extreme case of ruling by divine right, but for generations previously our monarchs believed they were appointed by God and not subject to the laws of man. It was only the growing awareness of Parliament over the course of the latter 16th and early 17th centuries that it was called in question.
Like most people Howard, you are judging history from a modern perspective, the average person of the time would accept the notion of divine right as well as their place in the pecking order of society....