HIS109Y1 Chapter Notes -Jean Bodin, Absolute Monarchy, Tyrant
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2: p. 130 - 143, 147 - 158, 166 - 173. Perspectives from the past: p. 130 - 143, 147 - 158, 166 - 173. > published the six livres de la republique which argued an absolutist theory of the royal government. > sovereignty is indivisible and cannot be shared amongst separate agencies. > he was also a spokesperson against increased taxation and religious uniformity. The sovereignty of a monarch is not altered by the presence of the estates . The main point of a sovereign majesty is giving the law to its subjects in general without their consent. Contempt towards the sovereignty is contempt towards god. He must be able to make laws without the consent of the people or else the majesty is their equal. A tyrant is someone who makes himself into a sovereign by his own authority. > a forceful argument for political absolutism which is necessary to compel order in society.
