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Chargement... Charles I and the aristocracy, 1625-1642par Richard Cust
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This is a major study of Charles I's relationship with the English aristocracy. Rejecting the traditional emphasis on the 'Crisis of the Aristocracy', Professor Richard Cust highlights instead the effectiveness of the King and the Earl of Arundel's policies to promote and strengthen the nobility. He reveals how the peers reasserted themselves as the natural leaders of the political nation during the Great Council of Peers in 1640 and the Long Parliament. He also demonstrates how Charles deliberately set out to cultivate his aristocracy as the main bulwark of royal authority, enabling him to go to war against the Scots in 1639 and then build the royalist party which provided the means to fight parliament in 1642. The analysis is framed throughout within a broader study of aristocratic honour and the efforts of the heralds to stabilise the social order. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)941.06History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1603-1714, House of Stuart and Commonwealth periodsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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One of the primary points that Cust drives home is that Charles made a much better organiser and leader of an aristocratic royalist party than a monarch. It is convincingly shown that Charles managed to bring the honours system back under control and could curtail the inflation of honours as well as rebuild a due respect for the nobility. In return, the brought large segments of the politically active nobility to support the King up to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642. ( )