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JamesVIandIunitedthecrownsofEnglandandScotlandHisbooksarefundamentalsourcesoftheprincipleswhichunderlaytheunion.Inparticular,hisBaseiliconDoronwasabest-sellerinEnglandandcirculatedwidelyontheirperiod,thekingsworksshedlightonthepoliticalclimateofShakespearesEnglandandtheintellectualbackgroundtothecivilwarswhichafflictedBritaininthemid-seventeenthcenturyJamespoliticalphilosophywasamoderatedabsolutism,withanemphasisonthemonarchsdutyaccordingtolawandthepublicgood.Lockequotedhisspeechtoparliamentof1610approvingly,andHobbeslikewisepraisedourmostwisekingThiseditionisthefrsttodrawonalltheearlytextsofJamesbooks,withanintroductionsettingthemintheirhistoricalcontext.JohannP.SommervilleisProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityofWisconsin,Madison.HeistheauthorofPoliticsandIdeologyinEngland,1603-1640andtheeditorofSirRobertFilmersPatriarchaintheCambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPoliticalThought.