{"id":696,"date":"2019-09-16T00:49:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T04:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=696"},"modified":"2019-09-16T00:49:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T04:49:55","slug":"charles-i-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/09\/16\/charles-i-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles I"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think the question of whether Charles I\u00a0deserved<\/em> to be executed is an interesting one. I can’t think of many leaders in which the answer is ambivalent. However, Charles I’s execution is a gray area because he became a martyr, a figurehead for The Time Parliament Went Too Far (probably a saga) and paved the way for his son Charles II who successfully ruled England, Scotland, and Ireland. However, his father\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>beheaded and, even in the 1600s, I think that’s excessive. Of course, according to the Jacobian Theory of Kingship, Parliament was defying God, so from that point of view, it’s clearly wrong. Jacobian Theory states that even a tyrant cannot be removed\/invalidated by Parliament or the people; the king can only be removed by God. And while that concept is ridiculous and, like Carroll said is\u00a0“virtually a synonym for ‘tyranny.”\u00a0<\/em>I kind of see the reason for such an approach after somewhat removing myself from my democratic ideals.<\/p>\n

Yes, Charles I went behind his country’s back to recruit the Scottish so he could get his throne back, but killing a king without public support? Isn’t that just worsening the instability? When dealing with a figurehead that was not elected, nor is susceptible to election, shouldn’t the law be taken with a grain of salt? I mean, we are talking bloodlines and divine right here. If you just start killing leaders when they screw up, that system will come into question (and, as we know, it has). I really don’t like to think any leader is above the law, but I am American and a King is not synonymous with President. Cromwell or no Cromwell, I don’t think Ragtag Rump Parliament had the right to do what they did, and it seems like the country felt the same way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think the question of whether Charles I\u00a0deserved to be executed is an interesting one. I can’t think of many leaders in which the answer…<\/p>\n

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