James I.

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Since publication in 1973 James I has established itself as one of the most popular short accounts of James I''s reign. The First Edition was described by John Morrill as `a far better, shrewder, more incisive account of the reign'' than the available competition Seventeenth-Century Britain, 1980. The text has now been entirely rewritten to take account of the latest historiography and students will continue to welcome this accessible analysis of the problems, weaknesses and achievements of Jam…

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Full title :James I.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317894353, 1317894359, 9781317894346, 1317894340, 9781315844268, 1315844265
oclc:ocn891446969
LC Classification:DA391 .H68 2014
Dewey Decimal:941.061

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editorial Foreword; Note on referencing system; Part One: The Background; 1. James VI of Scotland; Part Two: Analysis -- James I; 2. Finance: The Canker of Want; Royal extravagance; Attempts to improve the finances; Hard times: 1612-21; Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, Lord Treasurer 1621-24; 3. Crown, Court and Parliament; The accession of James I; Conflict between King and Commons; The attitude of the King; The parliament of 1604-10; The session of 1610; 4. Faction and Favourites; Faction; The 1614 parliament; Buckingham.

5. The Jacobean ChurchJames and the puritans; James I and his bishops; Catholics and anti-catholics; 6. Foreign Policy and the 1621 Parliament; Blessed are the peacemakers; The Spanish marriage; The Palatinate crisis; The parliament of 1621; 7. Foreign Policy and the 1624 Parliament; The journey to Madrid; The parliament of 1624; The impeachment of Lord Treasurer Middlesex; The end of the reign; Part Three: Assessment; 8. ''A Most Just and Good King''; Part Four: Documents; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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