Name ________________________________________ Date _____________________ Period _____ World History with Mr. Golden
Intro to Absolutism - Primary Source Reading
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Directions: Carefully read the following primary source and use it to answer the questions below.
“The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth; for kings are
not only God’s lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God’s throne, but
even by God Himself they are called gods... Kings justly gods, for they
exercise a... divine power upon earth... God hath power to create or
destroy, make or unmake at His pleasure, to give life or sent death to
judge and to be judged nor accountable to none, to raise low things and
to make high things low at His pleasure... And the like power of kings.”
-King James IV/I of Britain, 1609
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Short Answer: Use evidence from the primary source to briefly answer the following questions.
1. Who is the author?
2. What might the author’s motivation be?
3. Are there any limits on the king’s power? (Use at least one specific quote in your answer.)
4. How is the king’s power described? (Use at least one specific quote in your answer.)
Directions: Take a few moments to study the images below. Then, either independently or with a partner, develop answers to the
questions underneath them. Feel free to write anywhere on this page or on a separate sheet of paper, but make sure you answer all
four questions for each image!
1. What do you see in this painting?
1. What do you see in this painting?
2. What do you think is happening in this painting?
2. What do you think is happening in this painting?
3. How might this painting depict the divine right of kings?
3. How might this painting depict the divine right of kings?
4. Who do you think might have painted this and why?
4. Who do you think might have painted this and why?