MMW 14 Lecture 2: Jan 10 2019
10 Jan 2019
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Enlightenment social contract theorists wanted to find an alternative to the state of nature with absolute monarchies. In france, the last hurrah of absolutist monarchy during the reign of louis xiv. Gave french protestants a degree of freedom. Had allowed french protestants to worship freely. More decided to go into exile (mostly to geneva) Inspired propaganda against the french monarchy and the catholic. 1685 coronation of james ii in england, another catholic king. Only appointed catholics as his officials and purposely excluded. He wanted to be an absolutist like the french. Fear of return to absolutism sparked the glorious revolution in 1689. James tried to restore the power of the king by stripping the power of parliament. Many of these things were inserted after and by cromwell. The glorious revolution instated william of orange (the dutch prince that married princess anne), but only on the condition that he listen to parliament and submit some of his power to them.
