caa a22 4500 386313016 CHVBK 20180307111555.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198810 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0010417500015450 doi S0010417500015450 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0010417500015450 Kenny Michael G. Simon Fraser University Mutesa's Crime: Hubris and the Control of African Kings [Elektronische Daten] [Michael G. Kenny] For comparison of the fates of kings reflect on the misfortunes of Saul. Mired in political chaos and beset by foreign kings, Israel came to perceive an advantage in monarchy. Accordingly the people asked the prophet Samuel to find them a king so that they could be like other nations. The Lord, through Samuel, fulfilled this desire, and (Yahweh being a jealous God) the people were warned of the consequences: "This will be the sort of king who will govern you”—he will take your sons and daughters, the best of your cornfields, vineyards, and cattle— "when that day comes, you will cry out against the king you have chosen; but it will be too late” (I Samuel 8:11-19). Yet there was also to be a constitution of a sort: "Samuel ... explained to the people the nature of a king, and made a written record of it on a scroll which he deposited before the Lord” (10:24-25). Royal power, though great, was still M have its limits Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1988 Comparative Studies in Society and History Cambridge University Press 30/4(1988-10), 595-612 0010-4175 30:4<595 1988 30 CSS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0010417500015450 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0010417500015450 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kenny Michael G. Simon Fraser University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Comparative Studies in Society and History Cambridge University Press 30/4(1988-10), 595-612 0010-4175 30:4<595 1988 30 CSS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 224338900 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge