Monarchy key quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Why does James I, in The True Law of Free Monarchies, say that the monarchy is the closest form of government to ‘perfection’
A
Due to it ‘resembling the divinity’
2
Q
What does GR Elton observe
A
We must be careful when seeing the monarch as idealised - much order depended on the ‘sharing of power’ in Tudor England
3
Q
How does John Skeleton attack the court [through commenting on Wolsey] in Speak Parrot (1521)?
A
Guilty of ‘so much politic prating, and so little standeth in stead’
‘Pomp, pride, honour, riches, and worldly lust,
Parrot saith plainly, shall turn all to dust.’
