B1: Charles' Character

Question 1

What year was Charles born and what year did Charles die?

Answer 1

Charles was born in 1600 and died in 1649.

Question 2

Where was Charles born?

Answer 2

Scotland.

Question 3

Who was James’s first son?

Answer 3

Henry.

Question 4

What did Henry die of and in what year?

Answer 4

Fever, in 1612.

Question 5

Why had little attention been given to Charles?

Answer 5

He was not the heir, was small and sickly, and wore leg braces.

Question 6

What country’s court was Charles impressed by and wanted to copy?

Answer 6

The Spanish court, particularly its formality.

Question 7

What religious overtones did Charles’s coronation have?

Answer 7

Catholic overtones.

Question 8

Why did Charles face issues with communication?

Answer 8

He stuttered and had a stammer, which made him speak in short sentences, coming across as abrupt.

Question 9

Was Charles good at taking criticism?

Answer 9

No, he was sensitive, insecure, and inflexible.

Question 10

What Catholic style aspect of religion was Charles a big fan of?

Answer 10

Ceremony.

Question 11

What area of life was Charles particularly passionate about?

Answer 11

Beauty and art.

Question 12

Was Charles more or less formal than his father?

Answer 12

He was a lot more formal.

Question 13

Was Charles more or less savvy and good at compromise than James?

Answer 13

A lot less good at compromising and a lot less savvy.

Question 14

Was Charles a big drinker? Give an example.

Answer 14

No, he was very temperate. For example, he watered down his wine.

Question 15

Was Charles open to debate?

Answer 15

No.

Question 16

What did Arminianism stress?

Answer 16

The divine nature of the monarch and the beauty of holiness.

Question 17

How did Charles see those who disagreed with him?

Answer 17

He saw them as malicious and treacherous.

Question 18

How did Charles see parliamentary privileges?

Answer 18

Subject to royal approval, not rights.

Question 19

What did Charles’s court focus on in terms of society?

Answer 19

A role model for the rest of the country.

Question 20

How did Charles’s court change after Buckingham’s death?

Answer 20

It took on a strongly moral tone due to Henrietta Maria’s influence.

Question 21

Was Charles’s court open or closed?

Answer 21

Closed.

Question 22

What were extravagant plays that girls liked to put on?

Answer 22

Masques.

Question 23

What messages did the grand masques have?

Answer 23

They portrayed Charles as a victor and emphasized his divinity.

Question 24

What was the name of the architect that Charles was especially passionate about?

Answer 24

Inigo Jones.

Question 25

What style did Inigo Jones have?

Answer 25

Neoclassical Italian-inspired.

Question 26

What European architecture did Charles I associate with?

Answer 26

European absolutism.

Question 27

What famous painter was Charles close with and hired as a court painter?

Answer 27

Van Dyck.

Question 28

What year did Charles order the gentry to leave court?

Answer 28

1632

Question 29

By what year did the gentry have no firsthand knowledge of the court?

Answer 29

1639

Question 30

What conspiracy theory did many of the political nation believe about the court?

Answer 30

There was a Catholic plot to take over England.

Question 31

As a result of gentry leaving and the court being closed, what did Charles’s court become?

Answer 31

Increasingly out of touch and alienated from the political nation.

Question 32

Did Charles go on visits to county houses?

Answer 32

No.

Question 33

How did Charles and Henrietta Maria portray themselves as a couple with a happy, close family?

Answer 33

They cultivated an image of a devoted couple and a happy family.

Question 34

What year did King Gustavus Adolphus die?

Answer 34

1632

Question 35

Did Charles let his court go into mourning for King Gustavus Adolphus?

Answer 35

No, he did not.

Question 36

How did Charles's decision not to let his court go into mourning for King Gustavus Adolphus affect him?

Answer 36

It made him seem pro-Spain.

Question 37

For the first time since 1529, what two people attended court in England in the 1630s?

Answer 37

Papal ambassadors (also known as Nuncios).

Question 38

Name two Arminian favourites that Charles had.

Answer 38

William Laud and Richard Montague.

Question 39

Whose advice did Charles rely heavily on?

Answer 39

His favourites, such as the Duke of Buckingham and Henrietta Maria.

Question 40

Was Henrietta Maria popular with Parliament?

Answer 40

No, she was Catholic, French, and an absolutist.

Question 41

How did the French Chief Minister regard Charles and Buckingham?

Answer 41

As unreliable, with no intention of joining them against the Habsburgs.

Question 42

What did Buckingham offer the French crown to use against Protestant rebels?

Answer 42

English ships.

Question 43

What did Henrietta Maria cultivate around her at court?

Answer 43

A group of Catholic converts.

Question 44

How did Charles show he wasn’t under Henrietta Maria’s thumb, even though he was influenced by her?

Answer 44

Henrietta Maria hated William Laud and Strafford, but Charles trusted them.