Charles I and the Road to Personal Rule

L. J. Reeve Reeve L. J. Fletcher Anthony

ISBN 10: 0521521335 / ISBN 13: 9780521521338

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 340, Abbreviations Acknowledgements.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Charles I and the Road to Personal Rule
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521521335
• ISBN 13: 9780521521338
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This study of the character and policies of Charles I provides an analysis of the political crisis leading to his personal rule in England during the years before the civil wars. It fills a gap in the historical literature of the period by integrating ideological with political developments and English with international affairs. It is also a contribution to the wider European history of a critical phase of the Thirty Years War. The book offers a new way of understanding Charles by demonstrating how ill-suited his personality was to the workings of the political world. It also argues that Charles's innovatory rule created a new pattern of national politics deeply destructive in its effects. The book gives a gripping account of the king's willingness to pervert the due process of law in dealing with his political opponents, as well as investigating his failures in religious and foreign policy.

Book Description

This study of the character and policies of Charles I provides an analysis of the political crisis leading to his personal rule in England during the years before the civil wars. It also offers a new way of understanding Charles by demonstrating how ill-suited his personality was to the workings of the political world.