`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. Sixteenth-century Scots lived through intense political and religious conflict, which generated a substantial literature of politicaldebate. This debate was of such an 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 thr
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