Rebellion Britain's First Stuart Kings, 1567-1642

by Harris, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780198743118
• ISBN10: 0198743114
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-12-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Tim Harris is Munro-Goodwin-Wilkinson Professor in European History at Brown University. He is the author of numerous essays, articles, and books on British history in the early modern period, including most recently Restoration: Charles II and His Kingdoms 1660-1685 (2005) and Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685-1720 (2006).

Table of Contents

Preface
1. 'How to Reigne Well'
Part I: JAMES VI AND I
2. James VI
3. A Stranger in the Land
4. Settling the Affairs of Religion
5. 'One Good Steward Would Put All in Order'
6. 'A True Love Knot Knit Fast'
7. The Bohemian Revolt and the Crisis of the Early 1620s
Part II: CHARLES I
8. A Prince 'Bred in Parliaments'
9. Halcyon Days or Perilous Times?
10. Contumacious Troublers and Disquieters of the Peace
11. Ireland and Scotland under Charles I
12. The British Crisis
13. The Grievances of the Commonwealth
14. The Irish Rebellion, the Grand Remonstrance, and the Drift to War
15. The Rise of Royalism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index