Patriarcha: Exploring the Divine Right of Monarchs and the Genesis of Political Authority in 17th-Century England

by Robert Filmer

Patriarcha is a book by Robert Filmer. It provides an expression for English monarchism during the medieval and renaissance periods, extolling the virtues of governance by royalty.

111 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2020

About the author

Sir Robert Filmer (c. 1588 – 26 May 1653) was an English political theorist who defended the divine right of kings. His best known work, Patriarcha, published posthumously in 1680, was the target of numerous Whig attempts at rebuttal, including Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government, James Tyrrell's Patriarcha Non Monarcha and John Locke's Two Treatises of Government. Filmer also wrote critiques of Thomas Hobbes, John Milton, Hugo Grotius and Aristotle.