Who wrote trew law and what was it about?
The Reciprocal and Mutual Duty Betwixt a Free King and His Natural Subjects (original Scots title: The Trve Lawe of free Monarchies: Or, The Reciprock and Mvtvall Dvtie Betwixt a free King, and his naturall Subiectes) is a treatise or essay of political theory and kingship by James VI of Scotland (later to be crowned James I of England too). It is believed James VI wrote the tract to set forth his idea of kingship, in contrast to the contractarian views espoused by, among others, George Buchanan (in "De Jure Regni apud Scotos", 1579). James VI had the work published in 1598. It is considered remarkable for setting out the doctrine of the "divine right of kings" in Scotland, and latterly England, for the first time. James saw the divine right of kings as an extension of the apostolic succession.
Who wrote trew law?
James VI James I James VI and I
The True Law of Free Monarchies
In 1597–8, James wrote two works, "The Trew Law of Free Monarchies" and "Basilikon Doron" (Royal Gift), in which he established an ideological base for monarchy. In the "Trew Law", he sets out the divine right of kings, explaining that for Biblical reasons kings are higher beings than other men, though "the highest bench is the sliddriest to sit upon". The document proposes an absolutist theory of monarchy, by which a king may impose new laws by royal prerogative but must also pay heed to tradition and to God, who would "stirre up such scourges as pleaseth him, for punishment of wicked kings". "Basilikon Doron", written as a book of instruction for the four-year-old Prince Henry, provides a more practical guide to kingship. Despite banalities and sanctimonious advice, the work is well written, perhaps the best example of James's prose. James's advice concerning parliaments, which he understood as merely the king's "head court", foreshadows his difficulties with the English Commons: "Hold no Parliaments," he tells Henry, "but for the necesitie of new Lawes, which would be but seldome". In the "True Law" James states that the king owns his realm as a feudal lord owns his fief, because:
What was trew law about?
the divine right of kings
James VI and I and the English Parliament
The True Law of Free Monarchies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20True%20Law%20of%20Free%20Monarchies
James VI and I and the English Parliament
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20VI%20and%20I%20and%20the%20English%20Parliament
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
James VI and I
James VI of Scotland, who was also King of England and Ireland as James I, wrote the treatise The Trew Law of Free Monarchies about the divine right of kings. In it, James explains that for Biblical reasons kings are higher beings than other men. The document proposes an absolutist theory of monarchy by which a king may impose new laws by royal prerogative but must also pay heed to tradition and to God. Published in 1598, the treatise, sometimes referred to as an essay, is considered remarkable for setting out the doctrine of the "divine right of kings" in Scotland, and later England, for the first time.