Charles I and the aristocracy, 1625-1642 / Richard Cust.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cust, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649--Relations with nobility.

Charles.

Great Britain. Parliament--History--17th century.

Great Britain.

Nobility--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Nobility.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1625-1649.

Great Britain--History--Charles I, 1625-1649.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Charles I & the Aristocracy, 1625-1642

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The honours system in late Tudor and early Stuart England

Heralds and earl marshals in late Tudor England

The inflation of honours in early Stuart England

Charles I and the defence of aristocracy, 1625-1639

'Ancient nobility'

The aristocracy and the royal court

Reform of the aristocracy

The Order of the Garter

The Court of Chivalry

The reform of the Court of Chivalry

Heralds and the court of chivalry

The aristocracy and the Bishops' Wars, 1639-1640

The first Bishops War and the military mobilization of the peerage

The great council of peers

The aristocracy and the outbreak of civil war, 1640-1642

The Long Parliament

The formation of the Royalist Party

The Royalist Party and the outbreak of civil war.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89050-6

1-107-24116-2

1-107-25078-1

1-107-24829-9

1-107-24995-3

1-107-24746-2

0-511-84257-0

OCLC:

853363910