Furtive majesty in John Ford’s Perkin Warbeck by John Gillies

“…One root of this opposition, I suggest, is a tension between the Stuart tendency to vest divine right in the monarch’s person, and the protestant parliamentary vision of a polity-centred kingship (oddly reminiscent of Henry’s actual monarchical practice). …”
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Considerations on the Patriarcha by Shervin Moghimi Zanjani

“…We think that Patriarcha was one of the last systematic and coherent attempts to defend the "natural character of politics" and "divine right of kings to rule given by God alone. We try to show that Filmer’s point of view, in spite of its affinities with ancient political philosophers, it was essentially different because it is totally based on the revelation. …”
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“Presume not that I am the thing I was”: 
The Transformation of the Idea of the King and 
the Concept of Kingship in Shakespeare’s Henriad by Meriç Tutku Özmen

“…In his history plays, Shakespeare is concerned with the problems of rebellion, the divine right of kings, and the nature of kingship. In his portrayal of kings, the playwright is more concerned with the monarchs’ actions rather than their eloquent speeches. …”
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