King James VI and I: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

King James VI and I: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by King James VI and I. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780521447294.

James VI and I united the crowns of England and Scotland. His books are fundamental sources of the principles that underlay the union and among the most influential writings of their period. James political philosophy was a moderated absolutism, shedding light on the political climate of Shakespeares England and the intellectual background to the civil wars of the mid-seventeenth century. This edition is the first to draw on all the early texts of James books, with an introduction setting them in their historical context.