CHARACTER, COURT AND FAVOURITES

Question 1

• WHAT WAS CHARLES CHARACTER LIKE?

Answer 1

• OPPOSITE TO HIS FATHER
• CHARLES WAS SHY AND HAD A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT
• THIS LED TO HIM BEING UNAPPROACHABLE AND UNCOMMUNICATIVE WITH PARLIAMENT
• HIS INTENTIONS AND ACTIONS OFTEN WENT UNEXPLAINED, LEAVING OTERS TO INTERPRET THEM
• OVERSTRESSED HIS PREROGATIVE
  -UNWILLING TO COMPROMISE
• SAW THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF CRITICISM AS REBELLION

Question 2

• WHAT WAS CHARLES’ COURT LIKE?

Answer 2

-STRICT AND INCLUDED ONLY HIS SUPPORTERS
-SEEMED ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
- SEEMED TO BE DOMINATED BY CATHOLICS AND ARMINIANS
CHARLES HAD AN ART COLLECTION AND ENJOYED THE MASQUE(A PLAY)

Question 3

-WHO WAS CHARLES’ FAVOURITE?

Answer 3

• CHARLES’ AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RELATIONSHIP WAS LESS OVERTLY SEXUAL BUT HIS ROLE AS A FAVOURITE CAUSED PROBLEM AS HE WAS ALLOWED A DOMINANT ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATRONAGE