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Conditioned by a childhood surrounded by the rivalries of the Stewart family, and by eighteen years of enforced exile in England, James I was to prove a king very different from his elderly and conservative forerunners.
This major study draws on a wide range of sources, assessing James I’s impact on his kingdom.
Michael Brown examines James’s creation of a new, prestigious monarchy based on a series of bloody victories over his rivals and symbolised by lavish spending at court. He concludes that, despite the apparent power and glamour, James I’s ‘golden age’ had shallow roots; after a life of drastically swinging fortunes, James I was to meet his end in a violent coup, a victim of his own methods.
But whether as lawgiver, tyrant or martyr, James I has cast a long shadow over the history of Scotland.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:235 pages, 8 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:John Donald Publishers Ltd
- Publication Date:10/06/2015
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- ISBN:9781906566937
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:235 pages, 8 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:John Donald Publishers Ltd
- Publication Date:10/06/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781906566937
