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    From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 21 18:42:48 2023
    https://theconversation.com/richard-ii-by-william-shakespeare-why-the-divine-right-of-kings-still-matters-186648

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Thu Jun 22 18:43:57 2023
    On 6/21/23 9:42 PM, gggg gggg wrote:
    https://theconversation.com/richard-ii-by-william-shakespeare-why-the-divine-right-of-kings-still-matters-186648

    People today oppose the divine right of kings to small-R republicanism
    or small-D democracy. But that is not how Shakespeare (or Elizabeth I)
    saw it, to whom the opposite of the divine right of kings was anarchy.

    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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