james i & vi was 1603 a turning point? character union finance religion foreign policy...
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James I & VI
Was 1603 a turning point?
CHARACTER
UNION
FINANCERELIGION
FOREIGN POLICY
FAVOURITES
James I & VI
CHARACTER
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?
CHARACTER
UNION
FINANCERELIGION
FOREIGN POLICY
FAVOURITES
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?
CHARACTER
UNION
FINANCERELIGION
FOREIGN POLICY
FAVOURITES
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?
CHARACTER
UNION
FINANCERELIGION
FOREIGN POLICY
FAVOURITES
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?
CHARACTER
UNION
FINANCERELIGION
FOREIGN POLICY
FAVOURITES
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?
CHARACTER
UNION
FINANCERELIGION
FOREIGN POLICY
FAVOURITES
James I & VI
FAVOURITES
Favourites were a huge problem for James
Robert Carr
George Villiers