Rebellion Britain's First Stuart Kings, 1567-1642

by Harris, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780199209002
• ISBN10: 0199209006
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-03-09
• 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 and Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685-1720.

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. Ireland and Scotland under James I
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. Scotland and Ireland under Charles I
12. The British Crisis
13. The Grievances of the Commonwealth
14. The Irish Rebellion and the Drift to War
15. The Rise of Royalism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index