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James VI of Scots, aka James I of England, is the King of Scotland (since July 24, 1567 - under the tutelage of the Regency Council, since March 12, 1578 - alone) and the first King of England from the Stuart dynasty since March 24, 1603.
James I was the first sovereign to rule simultaneously both kingdoms of the British Isles. Great Britain as a single power did not yet legally exist, England and Scotland were sovereign states with a common monarch. The plan to unite both British states was one of the most ambitious projects of James I, however, due to the resistance of the parliaments of England and Scotland, it was never implemented during the king's life.
James I was convinced of the divine right of kings, i.e. viewed himself as an unlimited ruler enthroned by God. He sought to justify the king's right to rule the country without cooperation with parliament.
The absolutist policy of James I, characterized by growing religious intolerance towards the Puritans, the introduction of new taxes and compulsory loans, the irregular convocation of parliament, as well as rapprochement with Catholic Spain, entered into ever greater contradictions with the interests of the British bourgeoisie and the new nobility, led to constant confrontations between parliament and the king of England. Jacob I dissolved parliament several times. During his reign, the national debt rose to an astronomical amount of 1 million pounds.
Jacob I was one of the most educated people of his time, knew not only Latin, but also the ancient Greek language, composed poems in Scottish and Latin, wrote a book of instructions to his son, treatises on demonology and the dangers of tobacco (becoming the discoverer of the latter topic) ... The king's treatise "Basilicon Doron" (1599), which reflected the views of James I on the essence of royal power and the relationship between the monarch and subjects, the state and the church, received wide European fame.