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 Background of James I of Scotland.  James was born in July of 1394. He was the son of King Robert III. He became well educated in philosophy and jurisprudence, the general term for the formal science of positive law. He was also very talented in athletics. He took part in music and he cultivated the art of poetry very successfully.

James had a bad run-in with some English sailors, and he was taken to King Henry IV and was then imprisoned because King Henry did not admit him to ransom. James' uncle, Robert of Albany, took James' place as king for a period of time because James was still imprisoned when he was assigned to reign as king in 1406 when he was nineteen years old.

A couple of years after James took reign to the thrown, he took Anne of Denmark to be his queen. James believed in the Divine Right of Kings. The Divine Right of Kings is the thought that being a king is like being one of God's lieutenants on Earth. Because of the Divine Right of Kings, James also believed that it was a monarchs duty to follows God's laws.

James created the a text called the Basilicon Doron, which means 'The Godly Gift'. He created the Basilicon Doron because he wanted to make sure that if he didn't live a long enough life to teach his son, Henry, the ways of being a king, he would still be able to be instructed through the text.

James was a successful king. He changed the Elizabethan Church greatly with his slogan, 'No bishop, no king!'. He also made a different version of the Bible that was used of over two-hundred and fifty years. It was called the King James Bible. 

James kicked members of the Albany family and a lot of other barons out of the Highland. He also gained important financial and judicial reforms in order to remodel the Scottish Parliament.

James wanted to be the first King of both Scotland and England. He realized this after the death of his wife Anne. When James did become King of England he had already been King of Scotland for 36 years. He was then known as King James of Scotland and England.

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