Similarities Between King James Viv And King Louis Xiv

When we hear the word chaos, our mind immediately deduces a place of total disorder and confusion. Most people like to have a sense of order and probability in their lives, and they are more likely to have lack of order no matter how hard they try. King James VI and I, and King Louis XIV had different outlooks about a king and how to rule their people. However, they both think that a king has absolute power and whatever they order should be accomplished. Accordingly, they both think that obeying and preforming the king's commands is a way of leading the citizens to order. However, doing the opposite will lead to disorder and chaos among the people. They both are strongly agreeing on king’s authorities and their way of ruling in order to attain

This is how they interpreted ways of gaining order. And here I will compare and contrast these two kings who have different ideas on kingship and limitless powers, their way of thinking about maintaining order and how to preserve it in the society they rule, and their perspectives of what lead to disorder and chaos.
King James VI and I in the article A Speech to the Lords and Commons of the Parliament at White-Hall (1610), mentions that monarchy is one of the most essential features of live. He argues that having the absolute monarchy is a way to keep the king’s control over people. He clearly thinks that king is everything and when he says everything he literally mean it. He brings up a king as three particular parts. The first part, he says that a king is god. He has power over devastation and construction. Also he can command whenever and wherever he wants, and all of his orders must and will be done. The second is as head of a body, which he means by that a king, is controlling every other part of the society and the people and he does everything to keep them under his commands. The third part that he mentioned is that a king is like father of

In 1666 Louis wrote a memo to his son describing the functions and behaviors of a king, and he advised his son about how to be a successful king and how his hard work was a way of making him under the spotlight which he always wanted. According to King Louis, “Without any doubt, two things were absolutely necessary for ruling: very hard work on my part, and a wise choice of persons who were capable of carrying out my work” (King Louis, 2017, week 1 reading 2) for King Louis a king must keep on doing the hard work without giving up, and also a king must be chosen wisely and carefully. He thinks that working for a few hours a day and learning new techniques will lead a king to his glories and wining or succeeding once or twice is quite pleasurable. According to him order was obtained when you keep eyes open and study every other person, nation, or enemy’s moves. As he mentions, “My son, the work of a king is agreeable. One must have his eyes open to the whole earth. He must endeavor to learn each hour the news concerning every province and every nation, the secrets of every court, the moods and weaknesses of every prince and every foreign minister….. I know of no other pleasure I would take in place of the work of a king” (King Louis, 2017, week 1 reading 2). He meant by his speech a king must be aware of every single move and to be informed of what is going on around him.