Kingship and Crown Finance Under James VI and I, 1603-1625

by John Cramsie

How James deployed crown finance provides fundamental insights into his personal rule.

This book rejects outright the stereotypical image of James VI and I as mindlessly extravagant and integrates crown finance with James's kingship. It offers both a fresh view of crown finance - one of the blackest elements in James's historical reputation - and a reconstruction of how the king who wrote on divine right monarchy operated his kingship in practice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861932595
• ISBN13: 9780861932597
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Royal Historical Society
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.8"