stuarts

Question 1

From 1500-1650, what happened to the population?

Answer 1

Nearly doubled

Question 2

How many men were a part of the political nation?

Answer 2

1 in 200

Question 3

Name 3 impacts of rapid population increase in England?

Answer 3

Inflation, food shortage, land shortage, unemployment, greater reliance on state for poor relief

Question 4

What is an example of salary comparison between merchants and the aristocracy?

Answer 4

100,000 to 200 annually respectively

Question 5

When was the True Lawe of Free Monarchies published?

Answer 5

1598

Question 6

What key ideas are discussed in the True Lawe of Free Monarchies?

Answer 6

Kings are Gods, appointed by Gods, and answerable only to God. Claimed to be absolute in matters of state and religion

Question 7

James made peace with Spain after how many years of conflict under Elizabeth?

Answer 7

20

Question 8

Who wrote an overwhelmingly negative description of James I’s character, saying things such as ‘

Question 9

What genre of theatre did the Jacobean court spawn?

Answer 9

Masque

Question 10

Which partnership developed Jacobean masque? + name one of their productions?

Answer 10

Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones- Masque of Gypsies 1621

Question 11

Which style of architecture brought Italian motifs into the English style?

Answer 11

Palladianism

Question 12

How did James’ munificence affect the Court and trends of the time?

Answer 12

greatly enriched the cultural life of the court
stimulated important innovations that engaged with continental trends while retaining a distinctively English flavour

Question 13

By how much did James increase the Privy Council

Answer 13

13 to approx 25- doubled

Question 14

What range of opinions were displayed in his Council?

Answer 14

• Howards
• counterbalanced by…
• Archbishop Abbot, Edward Coke etc.

Question 15

What views did Coke and his fellows hold in James’ Council?

Answer 15

• advocated a protestant anti-spanish foreign policy, and cooperation with parliament

Question 16

What views did the Howard’s hold?

Answer 16

• howards mistrusted parliament and sought closer relations with Spain
• better treatment of English catholics

Question 17

How did James carefully maintain power?

Answer 17

Winwood Secretary of State, then 4 months later Suffolk as Lord Treasurer

Question 18

Why did the Council lose influence?

Answer 18

its expansion made it less efficient as an executive body, so decision making tended to happen more at court.

Question 19

Who did the Earl of Somerset marry, and how did James support this?

Answer 19

Suffolk’s daughter, Lady Frances Howard
granted permission to divorce the earl of Essex for him- alleged impotency (not true)

Question 20

What was the relation of Sir Thomas Overbury to Lady Frances and Somerset?

Answer 20

Strongly opposed Lady Frances’ divorce from the Earl of Essex and claimed to have information that may impede it

Question 21

Which two events ended the ascendancy of the Howard’s?

Answer 21

• Somerset and Lady Frances’ conviction for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury
• Lord treasurer Suffolk and his wife exposed for large embezzlement of funds

Question 22

What caused tensions between Coke and James?

Answer 22

Coke’s zealous exposure of dirty linen at court which had brought the earl of Somerset to justice
- James had long distrusted Coke’s vehement defence of the supremacy of common law

Question 23

What did James do which seemed peculiar but was in fact entirely characteristic, with regard to Coke?

Answer 23

seized opportunity to suspend him from the Privy council in 1616 when he refused to discuss ecclesiastical patronage involving the prerogative, yet recalled him a year later- willingness to hear all points of view

Question 24

How did James’ Scottish experience prove helpful to managing the English courts?

Answer 24

Extroverted gregarious nature led him to participate fully in court life- expressed in Basilikon Doron, appreciated the crucial political role of close personal relations with the nobility and gentry at court

Question 25

How did James show a willingness to listen to diverse opinions

Question 26

In what way was the court of Charles I different to his fathers?

Answer 26

included only his supporters, making it isolated from the politics in the commons

Question 27

What religious sect dominated Charles’ court?

Answer 27

Catholics and Arminians- detrimental as it was strongly linked to absolutism

Question 28

In what ways was Charles’ court the same?

Answer 28

court masque was a favourite form of entertainment. often had themes of bringing order to he land, something Charles saw as his role

Question 29

What pamphlet disdained masques, particularly the role women played in them?

Answer 29

Histrio-matrix, by William Prynne

Question 30

Which famous artist did Charles own a painting from?

Answer 30

Anthony Van Dyck