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James I - Scotland's King of England (Paperback, New Ed)
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James I - Scotland's King of England (Paperback, New Ed)
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Loot Price R411
Discovery Miles 4 110
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Few kings have been more savagely caricatured or grossly
misunderstood than England's first Stuart. Yet, as this biography
demonstrates, the modern tendency to downplay his defects and
minimise the long-term consequences of his reign has gone too far.
In spite of genuine idealism and flashes of considerable
resourcefulness, James I remains a perplexing figure - a uniquely
curious ruler, shot through with glaring inconsistencies. His vices
and foibles not only undermined his high hopes for healing and
renewal after Elizabeth I's troubled last years, but also
entrenched political and religious tensions that eventually
consumed his successor. A flawed, if well-meaning, foreigner in a
rapidly changing and divided kingdom, his passionate commitment to
time-honoured principles of government would, ironically, prove his
undoing, as England edged unconsciously towards a crossroads and
the shadow of the Thirty Years War descended upon Europe.
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