chapter 2

Question 1

james I character

Answer 1

pragmatic
enjoyed debate
communicative
engaging
outgoing

Question 2

charles I character

Answer 2

dogmatic
shy
unapproachable
uncommunicatative with parliament
saw criticims as rebellion
actions unclear

Question 3

james views on monarchy

Answer 3

• firm believer in divine right of kings
  pragmatic with a balance between royal prerogative and parliamentary privilege
  sought to comrpromise with political nation

Question 4

charles views on monarchy

Answer 4

• firm believer in divine right of kings
  defend prerogative proactively causes a reaction and he was unwilling to negotiate
  hampered dialogue with political nation. , due to stammer

Question 5

james had notably wrote about the art and theory of kingship in the … this distinguishes

Answer 5

basilikon daron in 1599 … distinguishing between the theory and practacalties of ruling

Question 6

james saw himself ..

Answer 6

as the peace maker king in his foreign policy and sought compromise and negotiation

Question 7

privy council

Answer 7

the monarchs official body of advisers and adminstatrors that , held considerable power but the monarch did not have to follow the advice

Question 8

bedchamber

Answer 8

the monarchs private apartments and the centre of the court

Question 9

gentleman of the bedchamber

Answer 9

those courtiers appointed to wait upon the monarch in these rooms , potentially had more influence over the monarch.

Question 10

james court

Answer 10

open and lively
- however criticsed as drunken and immoral
tension came from dominance of bed chamber by scots
worried over influence that scots would have over him

Question 11

charles court

Answer 11

microcosm of what he wanted in england
only included supporters
- isolated
dominated by catholics and arminans therefore tension rose due to fear of absoloutism
enjoyed court masques
- used to convery his own political views and messages . charles saw these masques as bringing order to the country

Question 12

van dyck

Answer 12

van dyck created portraits that created the impression that charles was aiming to be absoloutist catholic monarch

Question 13

puritans frowned upon any ceremonies of any sort including …

Answer 13

including masques because they associated them with catholicism

Question 14

george villiers the duke of buckingham

Answer 14

was a favourite for both but also caused political tension for both

Question 15

buckingham with james

Answer 15

shown personal affection and had open political role and influence

Question 16

buckingham with charles

Answer 16

less overtly sexual then with james
had a dominant role in management of royal patronage
- forced other to look to parliament to pursue their interests

Question 17

background of buckingham

Answer 17

arose the the scene in 1616
1620 became close to james son prince charles
charles and buckingham went to madrid together to try secure a marriage between charles and spanish princess maria
- this made them closer
james died 1625, buckingham became favourite of charles
was lord high admiral , an effective adminstrator also seen as responsible for foreign policy failures
buckingham was defend by charles when parliament attacked him
1628 buckingham assasinated by a disgruntled solider