Apr 30, 2020 | 16th Century, Book, England, Transcription
JAMES VI and i The True Law of Free Monarchies (1598) Before becoming king of England, James VI wrote a book about his views on the proper rights and power of monarchs. His views expressed in this work, while he sat on the throne in Scotland, would foreshadow the...
Apr 30, 2020 | 16th Century, England, Law, Transcription
Queen ELIZABETH I Elizabethan Statute of Artificers Marginalia (1603) The Elizabethan Statute of Artificers (1563) creates a system of state-enforced labor relations that are coercive and stringent, demonstrating the origins of state involvement in forcing people to...
