Divine right of kings
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- Kings, Divine right of
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Lex, Rex, or The Law and the Prince (Edinburgh: R. Ogle and Oliver and Boyd, 1843), by Samuel Rutherford (multiple formats at archive.org)- Patriarcha: o, El Poder Natural de los Reyes (Collection Universal #128; in Spanish; Madrid and Barcelona: Calpe, 1920), by Robert Filmer, trans. by Pablo de Azcárate (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Patriarcha: or, The Natural Power of Kings (second edition; London: Printed for R. Chiswel et al., 1685), by Robert Filmer, ed. by Edmund Bohun (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, by John Milton (HTML with commentary at Dartmouth)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Prerogative, Royal -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800- Plato Redivivus: or, A Dialogue Concerning Government (second edition, 1681), by Henry Neville (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Plato Redivivus, or, A Dialogue Concerning Government: Wherein, By Observations Drawn From Other Kingdoms and States Both Ancient and Modern, an Endeavour is Used to Discover the Present Politick Distemper of Our Own, With the Causes, and Remedies (London: Printed for S.I., 1681), by Henry Neville
- Cottoni Posthuma: Divers Choice Pieces of that Renowned Antiquary, Sir Robert Cotton, Knight and Baronet (4 volumes in 1; set did not get to all items in volume 1's projected table of contents; Edinburgh: Privately printed, 1884-1888), by Robert Cotton, ed. by Edmund Goldsmid, contrib. by James Howell
- Toward a Liberalism (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1989), by Richard E. Flathman (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)
- The Anxiety of Freedom: Imagination and Individuality in Locke's Political Thought (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1992), by Uday Singh Mehta (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell University Press)
- Authority in the Modern State, by Harold J. Laski (PDF at McMaster)
- De Cive, by Thomas Hobbes (text files at McMaster)
- Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2016), ed. by Sarah Kurnick and Joanne Baron
- Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2016), ed. by Sarah Kurnick and Joanne Baron
- Authority and the Light Within (second edition; London: J. Clarke and Co., 1909), by Edward Grubb (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Where Believers May Doubt: or, Studies in Biblical Inspiration and Other Problems of Faith (London et al.: Burns and Oates, 1903), by Vincent McNabb (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Libros Quinque Adversus Haereses (2 volumes in Greek and Latin with English commentary; Cambridge, UK: Typis Academicis, 1857), by Saint Irenaeus, ed. by W. Wigan Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Roma Ruit: The Pillars of Rome Broken (new edition, revised by Hardwick; Cambridge: J. and J. Deighton; London: J. W. Parker, 1847), by Francis Fullwood and Charles Hardwick (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire: Ideals and Expectations During the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828) (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, c2019), by Rutger Kramer
- A Present for Protestants, Romanists, and Jews: Being a Free Inquiry After the Church or Kingdom of the Messiah (London: Printed for J. Robinson, 1753), by Cosmopolite
- Sir Lucius Cary, Late Lord Viscount of Falkland, His Discourse on Infallibility: With an Answer To It, and His Lordships Reply; Together With Mr. Walter Mountague's Letter Concerning the Changing His Religion, Answered by My Lord of Falkland (London: Printed by G. Dawson, for J. Hardesty, 1651), by Lucius Cary Falkland, Thomas White, and Walter Montagu (multiple formats at Google)
- The Arguments of Romanists, From the Infallibility of the Church and the Testimony of the Fathers in Behalf of the Apocrypha, Discussed and Refuted (New York: Leavitt, Trow and Co., 1845), by James Henley Thornwell
- The Corruptions of the Church of Rome, Contrasted With Certain Protestant Errors (New York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1818), by John Henry Hobart
- The Shortest Way to End Disputes About Religion (6th American stereotype edition; Boston: P. Donahoe, 1855), by Robert Manning (multiple formats at Google)
- A Treatise of Infallibility: Shewing That the Church of Rome's Claim to That High Privilege is Without Foundation in Scripture, Antiquity, or Reason, In Answer to a Paper on That Subject Sent by a Popish Missinanry (Edinburgh: Printed for W. Gordon, 1752), by William Harper (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Roman Catholicism, Old and New, From the Standpoint of the Infallibility Doctrine (New York: R. Worthington, 1877), by John Schulte
- The Church: Learning and Teaching (1987), by Ladislas M. Orsy (HTML at womenpriests.org)
- Acta et Decreta Sacrosancti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani, in Quatuor Prioribus Sessionibus (in Latin; Rome: Typ. Vaticana, 1872), by Vatican Council (1st : 1869-1870 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), contrib. by Pope Pius IX (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Decrees of the Vatican Council (New York et al.: Benziger Bros., 1907), by Vatican Council (1st : 1869-1870 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), ed. by Vincent McNabb (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Die Unfehlbarkeit des Papstes als Lehrer der Kirche und Dessen Beziehung zu Einem Allgemeinen Concilium (in German; Cincinnati and New York: Benziger Bros., 1869), by F. X. Weninger
- The Vatican Decrees in Their Bearing on Civil Allegiance (New York: Catholic Pub. Society, 1875), by Henry Edward Manning
- The Vatican Decrees in Their Bearing on Civil Allegiance: A Political Expostulation (London: J. Murray, 1874), by W. E. Gladstone (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Letter Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk on Occasion of Mr. Gladston's Recent Expostulation, by John Henry Newman (HTML at newmanreader.org)
- The Papacy and the Civil Power (New York: Harper, 1876), by Richard W. Thompson
- A Reformation Debate: Sadoleto's Letter to the Genevans, and Calvin's Reply, With an Appendix on the Justification Controversy (New York: Fordham University Press, 2000), by Jean Calvin and Jacopo Sadoleto, ed. by John C. Olin (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
- Tithing and the Church (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1994), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
- The Authority of the Church As Set Forth in the Book of Common Prayer Articles and Canons: Sermons Preached in Trinity Chapel, New York, During Lent, 1891 (New York: E. and J. B. Young and Co., 1891), by Morgan Dix (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Via Media of the Anglican Church, Illustrated in Lectures, Letters and Tracts (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908), by John Henry Newman
- Libros Quinque Adversus Haereses (2 volumes in Greek and Latin with English commentary; Cambridge, UK: Typis Academicis, 1857), by Saint Irenaeus, ed. by W. Wigan Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Tempest in the Temple: Jewish Communities and Child Sex Scandals (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, c2009), ed. by Amy Neustein (page images and PDF at Brandeis)
- Social Rule: A Study of the Will to Power (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1916), by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Carlyle and the Search for Authority (1991), by Chris Vanden Bossche (HTML at Victorian Web)
- Home as Found: Authority and Genealogy in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (originally published 1979; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Eric J. Sundquist (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Karl Ludwig v. Haller's Staatsrechtliche Grundsätze, Nach Dessen Restauration der Staatswissenschaft (in German; Darmstadt: E. W. Leske, 1842), by Karl Ludwig von Haller, ed. by Karl Riedel
- Crisis Politica Determina el Mas Florido Imperio, y la Mejor Institucion de Principes, y Ministros (in Spanish; Madrid: Por E. Fernandez de Huerta, 1719), by Juan de Cabrera
- Discourses Concerning Government (2 volumes; Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1750), by Algernon Sidney
- Discourses Concerning Government; To Which Are Added, Memoirs of His life, and an Apology for Himself (third edition; London: Printed for A. Millar, 1751), by Algernon Sidney
- The Free-Holders Grand Inquest: Touching Our Sovereign Lord the King and His Parliament; To Which are Added Observations Upon Forms of Government, Together With Directions for Obedience to Governours in Dangerous and Doubtful Times (London, 1679), by Robert Filmer (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Free-Holders Grand Inquest: Touching Our Sovereign Lord the King and His Parliament; To Which are Added Observations Upon Forms of Government, Together With Directions for Obedience to Governours in Dangerous and Doubtful Times (London, 1680), by Robert Filmer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Free-Holders Grand Inquest: Touching Our Sovereign Lord the King and His Parliament; To Which are Added Observations Upon Forms of Government, Together With Directions for Obedience to Governours in Dangerous and Doubtful Times (fourth impression; London: Printed for R. Royston, 1684), by Robert Filmer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Powers of the Crown in Scotland, Being a Translation, With Notes and an Introductory Essay, of George Buchanan's "De Jure Regni Apud Scotos" (1949 translation), by George Buchanan, ed. by Charles Flinn Arrowood (PDF files at Wayback Machine)
- Common Sense, by Thomas Paine (multiple editions)
- Patriarcha: or, The Natural Power of Kings (second edition; London: Printed for R. Chiswel et al., 1685), by Robert Filmer, ed. by Edmund Bohun (page images at HathiTrust)
- Patriarcha: o, El Poder Natural de los Reyes (Collection Universal #128; in Spanish; Madrid and Barcelona: Calpe, 1920), by Robert Filmer, trans. by Pablo de Azcárate (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
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