James VI and I - King of Great Britain

Klappentext James VI and I is a new title in the Cambridge Topics in History series. Zusammenfassung James VI and I is a new title in the Cambridge Topics in History series. A wide range of sources accompanied by diverse and challenging questions aid student understanding of the period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 'The wisest fool in Christendom'; 2. 'I am the husband; the whole isle is my lawful wife.' The union of two kingdoms; 3. 'The Jacobean compromise', James I and religion; 4. 'The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth.' James I and Parliament; 5. 'He was very liberal of what he had not in his own grip.' The financial problems of James I; 6. 'Rex Pacificus', The foreign policy of James I; 7. James I and the historians: 'Not a bad king after all?'; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Irene Carrier
• Assisted by: Richard Brown (Editor), Christopher Daniels (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.1998
• EAN: 9780521499477
• ISBN: 978-0-521-49947-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Cambridge Topics in History; Cambridge Topics in History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories