The Monarchomachs were originally French Huguenot theorists who opposed absolute monarchy at the end of the 16th century, known in particular for having theoretically justified tyrannicide. The term was originally a pejorative word coined in 1600 by the Scottish royalist and Catholic William Barclay (1548-1608) from the Greek μόναρχος (monarchos - "monarch, sole ruler") and μάχομαι ("makhomai" - the verb meaning "to fight… (More on Monarchomachs)