James I
James I
Author(s):
Michael Brown
Publication Date: 10 August, 2015
Available in all formats
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 9781788853644
ISBN: 9781788853644
Price: INR 1978.99
Description
Table of contents
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.
Description
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.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- Maps and genealogical tables
- Introduction. ‘Our Lawgiver King’
- 1 Fortune’s Wheel
- 2 The Destruction of the Albany Stewarts
- 3 The Albany Stewart Legacy
- 4 ‘The King’s Rebels in the North Land’
- 5 A Fell, A Farseeing Man’: Royal Image and Reality
- 6 ‘A Tyrannous Prince’
- 7 The Covetous King
- 8 The Assassination of James I
- 9 Tyrant and Martyr: James I and the Stewart Dynasty
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plates