James I: Scotland's King of England - Hardcover

Matusiak, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750955627 ISBN 13: 9780750955621

Verlag: The History Press Ltd, 2015

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Reseña del editor

Few kings have been more savagely caricatured or grossly misunderstood than England's first Stuart. Yet, as this new biography demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his defects and minimise the long-term consequences of his reign has gone too far. In spite of genuine idealism and flashes of considerable resourcefulness, James I remains a perplexing figure - a uniquely curious ruler, shot through with glaring inconsistencies. His vices and foibles not only undermined his high hopes for healing and renewal after Elizabeth I's troubled last years, but also entrenched political and religious tensions that eventually consumed his successor. A flawed, if well-meaning, foreigner in a rapidly changing and divided kingdom, his passionate commitment to time-honoured principles of government would, ironically, prove his undoing, as England edged unconsciously towards a crossroads and the shadow of the Thirty Years War descended upon Europe.

Biografía del autor

John Matusiak is a frequent contributor to History Review and History Today, and is the author of Henry V, Henry VIII, The Tudors in 100 Objects, and Wolsey.

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• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0750955627
• ISBN 13: 9780750955621
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352