The Reign Of James Vi And I

Author : W. B. Patterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521793858
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King James VI and I and the Reunion of Christendom written by W. B. Patterson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows King James VI and I, king of Scotland and England, in an unaccustomed light. Long regarded as inept, pedantic, and whimsical, James is shown here as an astute and far-sighted statesman whose reign was focused on achieving a permanent union between his two kingdoms and a peaceful and stable community of nations throughout Europe.

Author : Julian Goodare
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788854179
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reign of James VI written by Julian Goodare and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2000-01-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reign of James VI (1567–1625) remains one of the most enigmatic in Scottish history. There are long periods within it that resemble black holes in our knowledge. This study is a concerted attempt by a group of ten scholars of the reign, drawn from three different disciplines, to shed light on its politics and government, viewed through various perspectives. These include the royal court, which is analysed through its literature, architecture and ceremony; noble factionalism; relations with England; a revised model of tensions between church and state; and the relationship between the government and the Highlands, the Borders and the south west, a future region of opposition to Charles I. This study also analyses James as a literary author, correspondent, husband and 'universal king'. The book offers alternatives to accepted views of the reign, dismissing both Melvillianism and 'laissez faire monarchy' as useful tools. It sees the centre of politics as the interaction between an expanded and increasingly expensive royal court and a phenomenal growth of the state, based on a huge increase in legislation and the business of the Privy Council.

Author : Alan Gordon Rae Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333121610
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reign of James VI and I written by Alan Gordon Rae Smith and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James I (King of England)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521447294
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King James VI and I: Political Writings written by James I (King of England) and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James VI and I united the crowns of England and Scotland. His books are fundamental sources of the principles which underlay the union. In particular, his Basilikon Doron was a best-seller in England and circulated widely on the Continent. Among the most important and influential British writings of their period, the king's works shed light on the political climate of Shakespeare's England and the intellectual background to the civil wars which afflicted Britain in the mid-seventeenth century. James' political philosophy was a moderated absolutism, with an emphasis on the monarch's duty to rule according to law and the public good. Locke quoted his speech to parliament of 1610 approvingly, and Hobbes likewise praised 'our most wise king'. This edition is the first to draw on all the early texts of James' books, with an introduction setting them in their historical context.

Author : David Harris Willson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book King James VI and I written by David Harris Willson and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James I (King of England)
Publisher : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780969751267
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The True Law of Free Monarchies written by James I (King of England) and published by Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Alexander Coston
Publisher : Konigswort Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780965677738
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King James, the VI of Scotland & the I of England written by Stephen Alexander Coston and published by Konigswort Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pivotal one of a kind historical work about the true character of King James VI & I reveals rare & previously ignored documentary evidence recently brought to light & published in this revolutionary volume. Introduction by The Most Noble 10th Duke of Atholl, His Grace George Iain Murray. Coston provides a detailed account of the moral life of the most notable Price of Jacobean Great Britain & thoroughly refutes scandalous charges of His Royal Person. Walk through history & into the realm of 16th Century Great Britain, read rare documents from the King, works he authored, letters to & from contemporaries & love poetry composed to his wife. Coston uncovers the motives behind the would be assassins of the King's person & honor. All the critical, revisionist & pseudo-historian sources attacking the King's person are examined in detail in this unique book. "This work by Stephen Coston, Sr. is well timed to address the false accusations made against this Godly King...Each accusation is documented & discounted from facts not fiction."--Dr. John MacLennan. Order 1-800-659-1478.

Author : Ralph Anthony Houlbrooke
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754654100
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book James VI and I written by Ralph Anthony Houlbrooke and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James VI and I pursued various highly distinctive policies. He also, to an extent exceptional among monarchs, expressed his ideas and aspirations by means of print, pen, and spoken word. The essays in this volume explore four main themes of particular concern to James: the union of England and Scotland; the government of Scotland; religious unity; and James's involvement in culture as both author and patron. They throw fresh light on the ways in which James communicated his ideas and designs to his subjects, and important foreign audiences, raising important questions about his judgement and skill as a monarch.

Author : Ralph Houlbrooke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351925725
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book James VI and I written by Ralph Houlbrooke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James VI and I was the first king to rule both England and Scotland. He was unique among British monarchs in his determination to communicate his ideas by means of print, pen, and spoken word. James's own work as an author is one of the themes of this volume. One essay also sheds new light on his role as a patron and protector of plays and players. A second theme is the king's response to the problems posed by religious divisions in the British Isles and Europe as a whole. Various contributors to this collection elucidate James's own religious beliefs and their expression, his efforts before 1603 to counter a potential Catholic claim to the English throne, his attempted appropriation of scripture in support of his own authority, and his distinctive vision of imperial kingship in Britain. Some different reactions to the king, to his expression of his ideas and to the implementation of his policies form this book's third theme. They include the vigorous resistance to his attempt to change Scottish religious practice, and the sharply contrasting assessments of his life and reign written after James's death.

Author : Conrad Russell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0198205066
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King James VI/I and his English Parliaments written by Conrad Russell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological narrative of the early English Parliaments of James VI and I, covering in detail the four sessions of the 1604-1610 Parliament and the Addled Parliament of 1614, with a final chapter looking towards the parliaments of the 1620s.