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.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
235 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
John Donald Publishers Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2015-06-10 |
| ISBN |
9781906566937 |
