The Fickleness of Princes

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-194
Author(s):  
Christine Jackson
Keyword(s):  
English Court ◽  
James I

Herbert returned home from Paris in 1621 to recuperate following illness and near bankruptcy and found Parliament engaged in attacks upon Buckingham and James I resisting pressure to intervene militarily in Europe to support his dethroned daughter and son-in-law. Chapter 8 explores Herbert’s unexpectedly warm reception at the English court and his return to France as ambassador at the end of 1622. It examines his role in James I’s attempts to persuade Louis XIII to provide support and assistance to the elector palatine; his continuing, though more restrained, support for French Protestants; and his reports on the unorthodox diplomatic mission undertaken by Charles, prince of Wales, and Buckingham to complete negotiations for the Spanish match. Having accurately forecast that the Spanish infanta would marry a Catholic kinsman and personally promoted the advantages of a French bride for the prince, Herbert was devastated when he was recalled to allow ambassadors more acceptable to Louis XIII to negotiate a French match. The chapter ends with a review of his diplomatic career, set within the wider context of James I’s treatment of ambassadors. It emphasizes the accuracy of Herbert’s diplomatic predictions about Spanish and French priorities and intentions, and debunks the view that Herbert returned to England in disgrace in either 1621 or 1624.

scholarly journals The Correspondence of the First Stuarts with the First Romanovs

1918 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 77-91
Author(s):  
Madame Inna Lubimenko
Keyword(s):  
English Court ◽  
James I ◽  
Charles I ◽  
Political Character

The early relations of England with Russia were not only of a commercial, but also of a political character. The correspondence of Queen Elizabeth with the Russian Czars has already been described by the author. The friendly intercourse between both courts had attained the force of a tradition at the end of the century, and even the great unrest, the ‘Smuta,’ which preceded in Russia the elevation of the new dynasty, had no fatal influence on the position of the English in the Muscovite empire. Since the accession to the Russian throne of Czar Michael, the relations of the two courts, interrupted for a time, were resumed, and an animated correspondence followed between the first Stuarts and the first Romanovs. For the period of thirty-seven years (from 1613–49) We can identify 128 letters, though it is probable that a few others have not come to our knowledge. Of these, seventy-five were written by the English court, sixteen by James I, fifty-seven by Charles I, and two by the young prince Charles; fifty-three letters were written in Russia, forty-four by Czar Michael and nine by his father, the patriarch Philaret.

The Irish court of wards under James I

1960 ◽  
Vol 12 (45) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Victor Treadwell
Keyword(s):  
English Court ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
James I ◽  
The Public ◽  
Charles I ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Public Record ◽  
Public Archives ◽  
Private Collections ◽  
Great Mass

The work of J. Murstfield and H. E. Sell hns directed the attention of historians to the importance of the English court of wards and liveries, both as an instrument of fiscal policy and as a welfare organisation for the children and widows of the king's tenants. In the Public Record Office, Lonclon, a great mass of material remains to throw light on every aspect of the court's activity. More recently Dr H. F. Kearney has published a uselul and suggestive paper on the Irish court of wards which was principally concerned with the reign of Charles I. A more detailed appraisal of the earlier period is not easy since the records of the Irish court of wards have, like those of other departments of state, suffered wholesale loss or destruction. It seems unlikely that the wards papers were ever placed in public archives: they apparently never reached the old Public Record Office in Dublin to be consumed in the holocaust of 1922. Consequently, the student has to work from public and private papers scattered throughout these islands in libraries, record ofices and private collections.

Buckingham the Masquer

1998 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean MacIntyre
Keyword(s):  
James I ◽  
Charles I

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), favorite of James I and of Charles I as both prince and king, used skill in dancing, especially in masques, to compete for and retain royal favor. Masques in which he danced and masques he commissioned displayed his power with the rulers he ostensibly served. His example and teaching taught Prince Charles that through masque dancing he might win his father's favor, and probably made Charles believe that his appearance in court masques of the 1630s would similarly win his subjects' favor.

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