Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajaloo eksamiküsimused
*The House of Stuart (kings, centuries) Founded by Robert II of Scotland, the Stewarts
first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century. During the
reign of the Stewarts, Scotland developed from a poor and backwards country into a more
prosperous one. There were five Stuart monarchs who ruled both England and Scotland as
well as Ireland: James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William III and Mary, Anne, Anne of
Great Britain died without an heire and all the crown passed to the House of Hanover.
*The Stuart 'divine right of kings' It was during the Early Modern period that the divine
right of kings emerged as a political theory in England. Emergency powers, such as jailing
without trial, were universally held to be within the monarch's power. However the Stuart
kings stretched every letter of these prerogatives and had a different opinion of these
"absolute powers