The Accession of James I
Historical and Cultural Consequences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9799137 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ralph Houlbrooke (University of Reading, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 123 |
| Issue | 503 |
| Pages | 1031-1033 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The English Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-8266 • E-ISSN: 1477-4534 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ehr/cen201 |
| OpenAlex | W1974125891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A momentous event in the history of Britain, James Stewart's accession to the English throne in 1603, resulted in fewer major changes in the short term than many, including the King himself, either hoped for or feared. This volume, devoted to the consequences of his accession, brings together contributions by seven specialists in literature, four historians, and a professor of law. Three essays are written from a Scottish vantage point, nine from an English one. Jenny Wormald argues with characteristic brio that Scotland was until 1625 the happier marriage partner in the regnal union. Not surprisingly, our foremost Jacobophile attributes Scotland's felicity in large measure to the skill, experience and responsiveness of a king present in spirit if absent in body. Some of her conclusions, notably those concerning James's policies towards the kirk, will certainly not convince all readers. She concedes that the removal of the court was a real loss for Scottish culture. There was, however (she remarks) nothing undistinguished about the culture that produced William Drummond of Hawthornden. The essay following hers, by Rod Lyall, briefly compares the oeuvre of Drummond, who stayed in Scotland, with that of the courtier poet Sir Robert Ayton, rather to Drummond's advantage
Accession · Art · European union · Literature · Nothing · Political science · Politics · Throne · Classics · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |