tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post8942767508076525545..comments2023-10-16T11:28:03.544+00:00Comments on Anomaly UK: Blame the devilAnomaly UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780148789321563441noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-27286582826780225552012-02-24T05:14:08.221+00:002012-02-24T05:14:08.221+00:00James, did you confuse Louis XVI with Louis XIV?James, did you confuse Louis XVI with Louis XIV?newt0311https://www.blogger.com/profile/00275501056310821335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-43675109264878606822012-02-23T21:28:57.447+00:002012-02-23T21:28:57.447+00:00I've not heard Louis XIV accused of being a de...I've not heard Louis XIV accused of being a democrat before: is that in Carlyle? A hundred years later, yes, popular sovereignty was the dominant ideology by then, and the monarchs themselves abased themselves before it.Anomaly UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780148789321563441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205333.post-40148542873107405702012-02-23T20:44:04.730+00:002012-02-23T20:44:04.730+00:00Those reactionaries who were there, in particular,...Those reactionaries who were there, in particular, Carlyle, tell us the answer:<br /><br />The kings who fell were false kings.<br /><br />Charles defended the monarchy with pen and sword, and so his fall was a mere temporary setback, resulting in the restoration.<br /><br />Louis the fourteenth and Czar Nicholas were democrats. who themselves undermined monarchy, and so their fall was fatal and permanent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com