HIS236H5 Lecture Notes - Papist, Scottish People, Ancient Constitution Of England
Document Summary
Christopher hill: century of revolution, 1603 1689. In 1603, england wasn"t anywhere people wanted to be. In 1689, england was a place people would comfortably live (with constitution, government, individual rights, religious toleration). English revolution - 1602-1649 (1649: charles i gets executed, judged by his parliament and court of law to be a traitor. He broke england"s constitution [first king to be executed in this way]) Glorious revolution 1688-1689 (james ii flees from england, overthrown by parliament) Constitutionalism : a government where the law is the highest power, not the arbitrary whim of the king. Parliamentarian slogan: liberty and protestantism. the ancient constitution protects their liberty. Political authority resides in parliament. (the law predates the king, therefore the king cannot arbitrarily change the law) Supporters of king: popery and arbitrary government. (ascribed to them by their opposers) this is the opposite of the a/c and (parl) rule. England as we know it is mainly due to the protestant revolution.
