Why did Charles insist that Parliament had no authority to try him?
a) He ruled by the grace of God, not a social contract with his subjects, and thus had to answer to God alone.
b) He was a staunch Anglican, and many MPs were Puritans and biased against him.
Consider This: What does it mean to say that a king is absolute in the sense of Louis XIV or Charles I? See 2.7: Narrative: Absolutism on Trial.
c) He believed they were a rabble and not worthy to try him.
Consider This: What does it mean to say that a king is absolute in the sense of Louis XIV or Charles I? See 2.7: Narrative: Absolutism on Trial.
d) English legal tradition required that any trial should be in the House of Lords, not the House of Commons.
Consider This: What does it mean to say that a king is absolute in the sense of Louis XIV or Charles I? See 2.7: Narrative: Absolutism on Trial.
a) He ruled by the grace of God, not a social contract with his subjects, and thus had to answer to God alone.
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