James I & VI

Was 1603 a turning point?

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James I & VI

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Contemporaries views

Historians views

“Wisest fool in Christendom”

Well educated

Ridiculous appearance

Alcoholic

Terrified of assassination

Divine Right of Kings

Impecunious

James I & VI

Was 1603 a turning point?

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James I & VI

UNION

Union of the Crowns

James wanted religious and political union

Five Articles Of Perth

Basically failed during his own lifetime

Act Of Union

James I & VI

Was 1603 a turning point?

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UNION

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James I & VI

FINANCE Elizabethan royal household expenditure - £9,500p.a.

Jacobean royal household expenditure - £35,000p.a.

1610 Great Contract – give up feudal dues for a fixed sum.

Finances were a problem for James

James I & VI

Was 1603 a turning point?

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UNION

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James I & VI

RELIGIONKing James Bible

Puritans - Hampton Court Conference

Lenient to Puritans who conformed

Catholics - Gunpowder Plot

James I & VI

Was 1603 a turning point?

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UNION

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James I & VIFOREIGN

POLICY

Thirty Years War

Daughter had problems with Elector Palatinate

Charles married to Spanish Princess

James I & VI

Was 1603 a turning point?

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UNION

FINANCERELIGION

FOREIGN POLICY

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James I & VI

FAVOURITES

Favourites were a huge problem for James

Robert Carr

George Villiers