Courts of the Monarchs

Question 1

Court of James I

Answer 1

Drunken
Lively
Intellectual interests emphasised through patronage of Shakespeare
Bedchamber dominated by Scots
Buckingham was the first Englishman appointed to the Bedchamber

Question 2

Court of Charles I

Answer 2

Strictly ordered
Isolated from the Political Nation
Mainly made up of Charles’ Catholic and Arminian supporters
All the plays were based on divine right
His art collection gave the impression that he wanted to be an absolutist Catholic monarch