Post by a_muppet on May 5, 2023 7:08:47 GMT -5
Here's an interesting bit of recent history regarding coronations, particularly if you are catholic.
I heard on the radio today that, 70 years ago, many in this country believed the Queen was chosen by God. That belief was no accident, the Divine Right of Kings was brutally enforced to the extent that questioning the Divine choice was a mortal gamble.
Much has changed in the years since. No one now believes the monarch was chosen by God, although disappointingly few are aware that for centuries kingship was won and maintained by brutal force. To an extent, that ended in 1701, when succession was codified into law – a good thing, you may believe, but let’s park this for now.
That law passed in 1701, the Act of Settlement, prohibited Catholics (or “papists” as the Act describes them) and those who marry Catholics from accession to the highest position in the land. The Act was overhauled in 2013, providing equality of access for females and for those married to Catholics, but while Jews, Muslims and non-religious can ascend to the throne, Catholics remain barred.
Much has changed in the years since. No one now believes the monarch was chosen by God, although disappointingly few are aware that for centuries kingship was won and maintained by brutal force. To an extent, that ended in 1701, when succession was codified into law – a good thing, you may believe, but let’s park this for now.
That law passed in 1701, the Act of Settlement, prohibited Catholics (or “papists” as the Act describes them) and those who marry Catholics from accession to the highest position in the land. The Act was overhauled in 2013, providing equality of access for females and for those married to Catholics, but while Jews, Muslims and non-religious can ascend to the throne, Catholics remain barred.
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creaking floors, you make me laugh,