The True Law of Kingship: Concepts of Monarchy in Early-modern ScotlandClarendon Press, 1996 - 315 páginas 'Fear God, honour the king.' Sixteenth-century people were supposed to do both. But what was the king entitled to command? And what if he ordered one thing and God's law said another? In this fascinating and original study, James Burns examines these questions by focusing on a neglected area of study: the Scottish experience. The sixteenth century in Scotland was a time of intense political and religious conflict, which generated a substantial literature of political debate. This debate was of such intensity that James VI, the first king to rule over Scotland and England, wrote his own book on the subject: 'The True Lawe of Free Monarchies'. Some of the substantial literature of political debate has long been recognized as important in the wider history of European political thought. Knox and Buchanan as exponents of 'resistance theory', Blackwood and Barclay as defenders of 'absolute' monarchy, have had that recognition. James VI, uniquely expounding 'divine right' principles from the throne, has likewise had his place. More recently, the significance of the late-scholastic theory of John Mair has been increasingly acknowledged. This book, however, is the first attempt to bring together systematically these and less familiar elements in a rich and varied body of political thought. The Scottish response to monarchical government not only provides a microcosmic view of European thinking on the subject, it also contributes substantially to our understanding of the Scottish element in the new 'British' polity which was emerging at the end of the period. |
Índice
John Ireland and John Mair | 19 |
John Mair and Hector Boece | 54 |
Satire and Complaint | 93 |
John Knox | 122 |
Congregation Kirk and Crown | 153 |
George Buchanan | 185 |
James VI | 222 |
James VI and I | 255 |
Conclusion | 283 |
Bibliography | 296 |
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Términos y frases comunes
argues argument authoritie authority Balliol Barclay Basilikon Doron Boece Boece's Book Bruce Cambridge century certainly church claim commentary concerned Constable edn context Counsall Craigie edn crown Dickinson edn discussion divine doctrine dominium Donaldson ecclesiastical ecclesiology Edinburgh Elphinstone England English essential estates Freebairn edn George Buchanan haue Hector Boece hereditary History Ibid important Innes Review insists issue iure regni James III James VII James's John Balliol John Ireland John Knox John Mair John Major king king of Scots king's kingdom kingship Kirk Knox's Laing edn lawis Lindsay's Macdougall Mair's Mary Mary of Guise Mason edn matter McIlwain edn Meroure monarchomach Ninian Winzet nobility nocht obedience Paris parliament passage Political Thought position Princes Protestant Quartus queen realm reference regard regent regno reign religioun royal power rule ruler Scotland Scots Scottish Reformation Society subjects thair theme theology theory True Lawe Union Winzet
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