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Basilikon Doron

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Basilikon Doron (bəsĭ`lĭkən dô`rən) [Gr.,=royal gift], book written by James VI of Scotland (subsequently James I of England) as a guide for the conduct of his son Henry when he became king. The work was completed in manuscript in 1598 and published the following year. James warned Henry of meddlesome ministers and expounded the doctrine of the divine right of kings. Henry died in 1612 before he could succeed his father.

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See edition by J. Craigie (1944–50).


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Basilikon Doron or His Majesties Instructions to his Dearest Sonne, Henry the Prince.
James VI and I, Basilikon Doron and The Trew Law of Free Monarchies The Scottish Context and the English Translation.
The True Law and Basilikon Doron are texts from James's Scottish period, and their immediate context was his struggle with the kirk and the Scottish nobility, a struggle in which James emerged as victor, so that by the time of his accession to the English throne, James ruled in Scotland with little opposition from nobles or churchmen.
 
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