He utilizes examples from the Assyrian empire and explains what makes a government fair and just. Historically, the Glorious Revolution has routes stemming from the Reformation of the Catholic Church. Following Henry VIII, England was primarily a protestant nation, as Henry VIII had an inclination to pick a new wife due to his lack of ability to make a successor. The Catholic Church wouldn’t allow for a divorce. So, Henry VIII and England left the Catholic religion to start their own. English nobles had a fear that Catholics wished to make the state once again controlled by a Catholic King. Several monarchs passed with relative ease, until King Charles I ascended to the throne, and civil war erupted and the monarchy was disbanded instead for the rule of the Commonwealth under Cromwell. Eleven years later, King Charles II returned to the throne and declared himself a Catholic who would restore England to a Catholic country. The Glorious Revolution came about as the Catholic King James II, brother of Charles II ascended to the throne. The Protestants in the nation decided to no longer allow for this and thus the Glorious Revolution came to fruition. Thus, the context for this work stems from a conflict based around England’s history following the reformation of the Catholic
He utilizes examples from the Assyrian empire and explains what makes a government fair and just. Historically, the Glorious Revolution has routes stemming from the Reformation of the Catholic Church. Following Henry VIII, England was primarily a protestant nation, as Henry VIII had an inclination to pick a new wife due to his lack of ability to make a successor. The Catholic Church wouldn’t allow for a divorce. So, Henry VIII and England left the Catholic religion to start their own. English nobles had a fear that Catholics wished to make the state once again controlled by a Catholic King. Several monarchs passed with relative ease, until King Charles I ascended to the throne, and civil war erupted and the monarchy was disbanded instead for the rule of the Commonwealth under Cromwell. Eleven years later, King Charles II returned to the throne and declared himself a Catholic who would restore England to a Catholic country. The Glorious Revolution came about as the Catholic King James II, brother of Charles II ascended to the throne. The Protestants in the nation decided to no longer allow for this and thus the Glorious Revolution came to fruition. Thus, the context for this work stems from a conflict based around England’s history following the reformation of the Catholic