History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . ver half a century. The distinguished generals wholed his newly organized troops, and the wily diplomats who ar-ranged his alliances and negotiated his treaties, made Francefeared and respectedby even the mostpowerful of the otherEuropean states. 859. The Theoryof the Divine Rightof Kings in XIV had thesame idea of kingshipthat James I had triedin vain to induce theEnglish people to ac-cept (§§ 827-828).God had given kingsto men, and. it wasHis will that monarchsshould be regarded asHis lieutenant
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . ver half a century. The distinguished generals wholed his newly organized troops, and the wily diplomats who ar-ranged his alliances and negotiated his treaties, made Francefeared and respectedby even the mostpowerful of the otherEuropean states. 859. The Theoryof the Divine Rightof Kings in XIV had thesame idea of kingshipthat James I had triedin vain to induce theEnglish people to ac-cept (§§ 827-828).God had given kingsto men, and. it wasHis will that monarchsshould be regarded asHis lieutenants andthat all those subject to them should obey them absolutely,without asking any questions or making any criticisms ; for in sub-mitting to their prince they were really submitting to God Him-self. If the king were good and wise, his subjects should thankthe Lord; if he proved foolish, cruel, or perverse, they mustaccept their evil ruler as a well-deserved and just punishmentwhich God had sent them for their sins. But in no case mightthey limit his power or rise against him.^. Fig. 153. Louis XIV 1 Louis XIV does not appear to have himself used the famous expression / amthe State, usually attributed to him, but it exactly corresponds to his idea of the relationof the king and the State. S88 History of Europe 860. Different Attitude of English and French toward Ab-solute Monarchy. Louis XIV had two great advantages overJames I. In the first place, the English nation has always shownitself far more reluctant than France to place absolute power inthe hands of its rulers. By its Parliament, its courts, and itsvarious declarations of the nations rights, it had built up traditionswhich made it impossible for the Stuarts to establish their claimto be absolute rulers. In France, on the other hand, there wasno Great Charter or Bill of Rights; the Estates General did not
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