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The Trew Law of a Free Monarchy
treatise by James I
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divine right of kings
- In United Kingdom: James I (1603–25)
…wrote political treatises such as The Trew Law of a Free Monarchy (1598), debated theology with learned divines, and reflected continually on the art of statecraft. He governed his poor by balancing its factions of clans and by restraining the enthusiastic leaders of its Presbyterian church. In Scotland, James was…
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