The concept of kingship as Charles I understood it was challenged by the Covenanters in a struggle of protest over the government of Scotland. Although many aspects of this episode have received historical attention, Charles's own role has not hitherto been investigated in detail. Using a large body of newly available evidence, Dr Donald here attempts to redress the balance, and in doing so offers a substantially new perspective on the Scottish troubles in the crisis years of 1637-41. This study sheds light on the processes whereby Charles, with counsel and yet often in spite of it, tried to uphold his case.
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An Uncounselled King gives an arresting, scholarly account of Charles I's handling of the early Covenanting troubles in Scotland during the period 1637-41. Its primary focus is on the King and those who attempted to advise him, very often to their own frustration. The role of Charles I in causing and affecting the course of these troubles in Scotland has never before received detailed, systematic attention. Dr. Donald brings a range of new sources to bear on his account of the period, and also sheds new light on aspects of Covenanting history. Inasmuch as Charles I was king of Scotland, England and Ireland, this study is grounded firmly in its British context. -- Book Deacription
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Using a large body of newly available evidence, Dr Donald offers a new perspective on the power struggle in Scotland between Charles I and the Covenanters.
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In a struggle deriving from alienation felt in church and in state the Scots offered a major challenge to kingship as Charles I understood it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conservatores pacis, first army plot, liturgical policy, lay councillors, new general assembly, projected settlement, border garrisons, eighth article, popish plot, bad counsel, new proclamation, lords commissioners, civil obedience, state papers, new liturgy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scottish Revolution, State Papers, Sir Thomas Hope, Glasgow Assembly, Archibald Johnston, Johnston of Wariston, Large Declaration, Marquis of Hamilton, The Road, Church of the Covenant, Strafforde Letters, Lord Loudoun, Earl of Rothes, Archbishop Laud, Archbishop Spottiswood, History of England, Short Parliament, Sir John Hay, Hamilton Red Book, King's Covenant, Five Articles of Perth, Historical Works, Sir Henry Vane, Lismore Papers, Lord Lorne New!
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In a struggle deriving from alienation felt in church and in state the Scots offered a major challenge to kingship as Charles I understood it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conservatores pacis, first army plot, liturgical policy, lay councillors, new general assembly, projected settlement, border garrisons, eighth article, popish plot, bad counsel, new proclamation, lords commissioners, civil obedience, state papers, new liturgy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scottish Revolution, State Papers, Sir Thomas Hope, Glasgow Assembly, Archibald Johnston, Johnston of Wariston, Large Declaration, Marquis of Hamilton, The Road, Church of the Covenant, Strafforde Letters, Lord Loudoun, Earl of Rothes, Archbishop Laud, Archbishop Spottiswood, History of England, Short Parliament, Sir John Hay, Hamilton Red Book, King's Covenant, Five Articles of Perth, Historical Works, Sir Henry Vane, Lismore Papers, Lord Lorne New!
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- The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns against Scotland, 1638-1640 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History) by Mark Charles Fissel on 7 pages
- Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c.1640-1649 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History) by David L. Smith on 5 pages
- A Companion to Stuart Britain (Blackwell Companions to British History) by Barry Coward on 4 pages
- Politics, Religion and the British Revolutions: The Mind of Samuel Rutherford (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History) by John Coffey on page 22, and Back Matter
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