Regicide is more heinous than the worst crime you can ever imagine.
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regicide (2)
elizabethans/ jacobeans believed in the 'divine right of kings - meaning that the king rules directly from God. Therefore a crime against the king is a crime against GOD. This is what the Jacobean audience would have agreed.
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regicide consequences (3)
an attempt to depose the king or to restrict his powers runs directly contrary to the will of God and may constitute treason
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the popularity of regicide
regicide became popular under Tudor rule, first by King Henery VI and the by King James I
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regicide and the christian notion
exaggerates the christian notion that the right to rule is annointed by God
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King James I
King James I (King James VI) (1566-1625) of Scottland succeeded Queen Elizabeth I to the throne of England In 1603- On his arival he realised he was considered Alien and his strong opinions about the divine right of kings gave him a narrow-minded rep
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King Janes (2)
unpopularity- Guy Fawkes tried to blow up
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Shakespere (1564 - 1616)
The most famous playwrite in history and his work is well known all accross the world . His plays are still performed frequently alongside some of his best known works which have been turned into films.
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Shakespere personal / working life
Shakespere came from Stratford upon Avon, where the Royal Shakespere Company are now based. He worked in London and was extreemely profilic in his, writing and poetry as wellas many other plays
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Card 2
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elizabethans/ jacobeans believed in the 'divine right of kings - meaning that the king rules directly from God. Therefore a crime against the king is a crime against GOD. This is what the Jacobean audience would have agreed.
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regicide (2)
Card 3
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an attempt to depose the king or to restrict his powers runs directly contrary to the will of God and may constitute treason
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Card 4
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regicide became popular under Tudor rule, first by King Henery VI and the by King James I
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Card 5
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exaggerates the christian notion that the right to rule is annointed by God
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