James I's accession in England illustrates how acquiring another crown could expose a monarch to unfamiliar limits. Scottish rule already required him to navigate quarrelling nobles, church disputes and political factions. England presented a different parliamentary environment with a strong legal element. The analogy concerns the difficulty of carrying expectations of royal authority from one political system into another.
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James I and different limits on royal power
James I's experience in England provides a comparison for monarchs encountering unfamiliar constitutional limits.