| Charles I and the Aristocracy, 1625 1642 Contributor(s): Cust, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107009901 ISBN-13: 9781107009905 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 941.062 |
| LCCN: 2013013110 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.45 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cust, Richard: - Richard Cust is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Charles I: A Political Life (2005), and he is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. |
