Eikon Basilike
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Eikon Basilike is a 1649 royalist work portraying King Charles I as a pious martyr, widely read and influential in shaping his posthumous image during and after the English Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eikon Basilike canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21783005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eikon Basilike Context triple: [Eikonoklastes, writtenInResponseTo, Eikon Basilike]
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A.
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates is a 1649 political treatise by John Milton that defends the right of the people to depose or execute tyrannical rulers.
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B.
Instrument of Government of 1653
The Instrument of Government of 1653 was England’s first written constitution, establishing Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector and outlining the framework of the Protectorate government following the English Civil War.
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C.
A Treatise of the Church
A Treatise of the Church is a 16th-century Protestant theological work by English martyr John Philpot, discussing the nature and marks of the true Christian church during the Reformation.
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D.
Port-Royal Bible
The Port-Royal Bible is a 17th-century French translation of the Bible associated with the Jansenist Port-Royal community, renowned for its elegant language and influence on French religious and literary culture.
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E.
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience is a 1644 treatise by Roger Williams that powerfully argues for religious liberty, freedom of conscience, and the separation of church and state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eikon Basilike Target entity description: Eikon Basilike is a 1649 royalist work portraying King Charles I as a pious martyr, widely read and influential in shaping his posthumous image during and after the English Civil War.
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A.
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates is a 1649 political treatise by John Milton that defends the right of the people to depose or execute tyrannical rulers.
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B.
Instrument of Government of 1653
The Instrument of Government of 1653 was England’s first written constitution, establishing Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector and outlining the framework of the Protectorate government following the English Civil War.
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C.
A Treatise of the Church
A Treatise of the Church is a 16th-century Protestant theological work by English martyr John Philpot, discussing the nature and marks of the true Christian church during the Reformation.
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D.
Port-Royal Bible
The Port-Royal Bible is a 17th-century French translation of the Bible associated with the Jansenist Port-Royal community, renowned for its elegant language and influence on French religious and literary culture.
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E.
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience is a 1644 treatise by Roger Williams that powerfully argues for religious liberty, freedom of conscience, and the separation of church and state.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.