i know people know this but i feel compelled, as a medievalist, to remind people that that's not even how kings actually worked in the past! the idea of divine right was tried out ca. 1700 and then within 2 generations, their heads were lopped off! - ThreadSky

profgabriele.com • 4 days ago

i know people know this but i feel compelled, as a medievalist, to remind people that that's not even how kings actually worked in the past!

the idea of divine right was tried out ca. 1700 and then within 2 generations, their heads were lopped off!

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he thinks he’s king. he issues executive orders (royal decrees) and the entire society is expected to obey

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korl.is•4 days ago

that just tells me the king is in his "fuck around" phase and we need to hurry up to him "finding out"

stefanejones.bsky.social•4 days ago

I write one of these every morning to stay sane.

https://bsky.app/profile/stefanejones.bsky.social/post/3ljkkq4idw223

korl.is•4 days ago

now that's positive thinking

remsnidare.bsky.social•4 days ago

That is why IKEA has developed unique products for the US market

stefanejones.bsky.social•4 days ago

I thought the bottom image was of a really big mandolin slicer.

Hmmmm . . .

remsnidare.bsky.social•4 days ago

Might work for pumpkins, we'll have to ask a Frenchman, they're the experts

bee-sniffer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wait, then how was monarchy justified before that? I always thought divine right went way back.

yukonjohn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Your personal power and wealth, plus the power and wealth of your supporters, and their supporters and so on.

This is why Monarchy is inherently unstable.

bee-sniffer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wild. I didnt realize how recent of a thing cooking up an excuse/justification was 💀

Human rights and anything close to it really are a pretty recent invention aren't they

vesemir66.bsky.social•4 days ago

donsheldon.bsky.social•4 days ago

This administration is speed-running all kinds of horrible programs that ended badly for their predecessors. But this one I like.

plso.bsky.social•4 days ago

Also, the Paris Parlement certainly had more of a backbone than this iteration of the Supreme Court...

willpunctuate.bsky.social•4 days ago

And let’s not forget Chuck the first. Trend setter, that one.

el-kristy.bsky.social•4 days ago

The kings’ heads were lopped off in the 17th century! 1649 for James I, I think. A few decades later for the next one.

profgabriele.com•4 days ago

France

el-kristy.bsky.social•4 days ago

criswbarnes.bsky.social•4 days ago

Charles 1 of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

doc-herber.bsky.social•4 days ago

You're close! It was James I's son, Charles I who was beheaded in 1649. Also James' mom, Mary queen of Scots was beheaded in 1587. There's a lot of beheading going on of the Stewarts/Stuarts.

el-kristy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ha! Thanks. The one period in history I thought I had a firm grasp of, but wouldn’t you know, that’s eroding too.

mrgens.bsky.social•4 days ago

Citizen mantra: EO is not a law.

bwthemoose56.bsky.social•4 days ago

Googling "Magna Carta"

mpzrd.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think as many things our beau ideal is the Romans under the Julio-Claudians. The Divine Julius! IANAM but I understand the medieval period as one of great diversity and experimentation.

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