Crown-magnate relations in the personal rule of James V, 1528-1542
In terms of general interest, James V has suffered by comparison with his more famous father, James IV, and his internationally renowned daughter, Mary Queen of Scots. Yet his reign is an important one, embracing the establishment of the court of session, the beginnings of Protestantism in some areas of Scotland, and the growth of royal power to such an extent that the king could leave the country for nine months in 1536-37 without fear of rebellion. Studies of royal finance, of some aspects of the growth of the legal profession, and of religious dissent have already been undertaken; and the politics of the minority of James V has also been the subject of recent research. This thesis aims to demonstrate that the politics practised in the personal rule differed little in kind from those practised by earlier adult Stewart monarchs. The approach has been to examine the major political events of the period, the attitude of the king, the impact of royal policy upon his magnates, and the careers of some of those magnates. For too long James V has been judged to have been a vindictive and irrational king, motivated largely by greed. The assumption has been that he antagonised most of his leading magnates and met
Cameron, James S.
DA784.7C2 ; James V, King of Scotland, 1512-1542 ; Scotland--History--James V, 1513-1542
Crown-magnate relations in the personal rule of James V, 1528-1542. In terms of general interest, James V has suffered by comparison with his more famous father, James IV, and his internationally renowned daughter, Mary Queen of Scots. Yet his reign is an important one, embracing the establishment of the court of session, the beginnings of Protestantism in some areas of Scotland, and the growth of royal power to such an extent that the king could leave the country for nine months in 1536-37 without fear of rebellion. Studies of royal finance, of some aspects of the growth of the legal profession, and of religious dissent have already been undertaken; and the politics of the minority of James V has also been the subject of recent research. This thesis aims to demonstrate that the politics practised in the personal rule differed little in kind from those practised by earlier adult Stewart monarchs. The approach has been to examine the major political events of the period, the attitude of the king, the impact of royal policy upon his magnates, and the careers of some of those magnates. For too long James V has been judged to have been a vindictive and irrational king, motivated largely by greed. The assumption has been that he antagonised most of his leading magnates and met
crown magnate relation_personal rule james term general interest james suffer comparison famous father james internationally renowned daughter mary queen scots yet reign important embrace establishment court session beginning protestantism area scotland growth royal_power extent king could leave country without fear rebellion studies royal finance aspects growth legal profession religious dissent already undertaken politics minority james also subject recent research aim politics practise personal_rule differ little kind practise earlier adult monarch examine major political_event period attitude king impact royal policy upon magnate career magnate long james judge irrational king motivate largely assumption lead magnate meet