Chapter 2 Flashcards
How did James I see himself with regards to foreign policy?
Rex pacificus - peacemaker king.
What were both James I and Charles I firm believers in with regards to monarchy?
The Divine Right of Kings.
How did James I approach dealing with the balance between parliamentary privilege and royal prerogative?
Pragmatically
How did Charles I approach dealing with the balance between parliamentary privilege and royal prerogative?
Provocatively
What did James I seek with the Political Nation?
Compromise and negotiation.
What was the Privy Council?
The king’s selected advisors and administrators that met to make the monarch’s wishes into policy and implement them.
What was the royal court?
The centre of power, not a specific place but wherever the king was.
Who were the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber?
The courtiers appointed to wait on the monarch in his private apartments.
How did the political system in the Stuart Age operate?
Patronage - support networks where those at the top gave favour to those below them.
What was James I’s court like?
Open and lively, but also drunken and immoral at times.
How did Charles I view his court?
As a microcosm of the state and an example of what he could achieve.
What was Catholicism linked with?
Absolutism
What was Charles I’s court like?
Closed to all except his supporters, and dominated by Catholics and Arminians.
Who was Charles’s wife?
French Princess Henrietta Maria
What did William Prynne write?
Histrio-mastix
What was Histrio-mastix?
A book written by William Prynne in 1633 that criticised the role of women actors and was seen as an attack on Henrietta Maria who regularly took part in court masques.
When was Histrio-mastix published?
1633
What sect of Christianity was William Prynne from?
Puritanism
What were ‘favourites’?
Courtiers that were very close to the king and therefore had much influence over him.
Who was James I’s favourite between 1607-13?
Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset
When did George Villiers emerge as a favourtie?
1615
Up until George Villiers, where were all of James’ favourites from?
Scotland
Who was the Duke of Buckingham?
George Villiers
What was absolutism linked with?
Catholicism
