Of Rule, Write, and Right: The Production of Absolutist Political Writings by King James I of England

{"value":"The context of the source of The Trew Law of Free Monarchies needs to be examined and critically and thoroughly analyzed in order to answer the research question of "in what methods and ways did King James I of England produce ideas of divine right along with absolutist measures?" The central argument of this paper is to prove the position of the post-revisionist interpretation that James I was indeed an absolutist monarch who utilized and referenced the power of religion to support his political ideologies of the monarchy. King James I of England utilized his vernacular, power, and scholarly talents in writing to protrude his ideals of the theory of divine right. The work by James will allow for a distinct outlook on how he supported his role as king. Dissimilar historical lenses and interpretations by different historians with divergent approaches to historical thinking perceived the methods and ways James produced ideas of absolute monarchy and on what basis. This source will look at three different viewpoints in the historiography, the Whig interpretation, the Revisionist interpretation, and the Post-Revisionist interpretation. The research on this subject debates the definition of absolutism in the Stuart monarchy and if it existed due to limitations of the monarchy. Historians also disagree on what drove James Creation of political ideas centered around the theory of divine right as well as an absolutist monarchy that complemented the political writings to promote the implementation of the theory of the divine right of kings and absolutism.","attr0":"abstract"}