CHARACTER,COURT AND FAVOURITES

Question 1

-WHAT WAS THE CONTEXT?

Answer 1

• JAMES HAD ALREADY BEEN KING OF SCOTLAND BEFORE HE BECAME KING OF ENGLAND

Question 2

-WHAT WAS JAMES CHARACTER LIKE?

Answer 2

• AN INTELLECTUAL AND OUTGOING MAN WHO ENJOYED DEBATE AND DEALING WITH PEOPLE, HE WAS ALSO VERY PRAGMATIC

Question 3

• WHAT WAS JAMES’ COURT LIKE?

Answer 3

-OPEN AND LIVELY
- HE WAS NOTED FOR HIS PHYSICAL INTERACTION WITH COURTIERS
- IT WAS CRITICISED FOR BEING DRUNKEN, IMMORAL AND DEBAUCHED UYET HIS INTELLECTUAL INTERESTS WERE EMPHASISED E.G HIS PATRONAGE TOWARDS SHAKESPEARE
- TENSION AROUND THE INFLUENCE OF THE SCOTS IN HIS BEDCHAMBER
- THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN APPOINTED TO HIS BED CHAMBER WAS GEORGE VILLIERS(BUCKINGHAM)

Question 4

• WHO WERE JAMES FAVOURITES AND WHY DID THEY CAUSE PROBLEMS?

Answer 4

-MOST NOTABLE ONE IS GEORGE VILLIERS(BUCKINGHAM
-PROBVOKED CONCERNA ABOUT THEIR INFLUENCE BECAUSE THEY WERE IN A POSITION TO GAIN A POLITICAL ROLE
-THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JAMES ANMD BUCKINGHAM WAS BASED ON PERSONAL AFFECTION
- BUCXKINGHAM WAS ABLE TO RETAIN HIS POSITION AS FAVOURITE WHEN CHARLES BECAME KING IN 1625