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The seventeenth century When James I became the first English king of the Stuart dynasty, he was already James VI of Scotland, so that the crowns of these two countries were united.Puritans regarded the luxurious lifestyle of the king and his followers as immoral.Although their governments continued to be separate, their linguistic differences were lessened in this century.(Scots gradually became just ca dialect'.) In the seventeenth century, the link between religion and politics became intense.This was the context in which, during the century, Parliament established its supremacy over the monarchy.However, the Scottish Protestant church adopted English rather than Scots bibles.They were also antiCatholic and suspicious of the apparent sympathy towards Catholicism of the Stuart monarchs.

The seventeenth century
When James I became the first English king of the Stuart dynasty,
he was already James VI of Scotland, so that the crowns of these two
countries were united. Although their governments continued to be
separate, their linguistic differences were lessened in this century. The
kind of Middle English spoken in lowland Scotland had developed
into a written language known as ‘Scots’. However, the Scottish
Protestant church adopted English rather than Scots bibles. This
and the glamour of the English court where the king now sat caused
modern English to become the written standard in Scotland as well.
(Scots gradually became just ca dialect’.)
In the seventeenth century, the link between religion and politics
became intense. At the start of the century, some people tried to
kill the king because he wasn’t Catholic enough. By the end of the
century, another king had been killed, partly because he seemed
too Catholic, and yet another had been forced into exile for the
same reason.
This was the context in which, during the century, Parliament
established its supremacy over the monarchy. Anger grew in the
country at the way the Stuart monarchs raised money without, as
tradition prescribed, getting the agreement of the House of Commons
first. In addition, ideological Protestantism, especially Puritanism,
had grown in England. Puritans regarded the luxurious lifestyle of
the king and his followers as immoral. They were also antiCatholic
and suspicious of the apparent sympathy towards Catholicism of the
Stuart monarchs.