Table of Contents

Part One The Background.
1. The Jacobean Legacy.
2. Charles's Apprenticeship.

Part Two: Analysis.
3. Parliament and War Funding.
4. Parliament, Buckingham and Bristol 1626.
5. The Forced Loan.
6. Parliament and a Kind of Reckoning.

Part Three: Assessment.
7. Government and Order.
8. The King's Finances.
9. Foreign Policy and the Navy.
10. Religion. The Challenge of Progress.

Part Four: Assessment.
11. The Trouble With Charles I.
Documents.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.

About the Author

Brian Quintrell

Reviews

'A fine introduction to a complex period.' History Review