Fraser, Antonia. The Weaker Vessel: Woman’s Lot in Seventeenth-Century England. Methuen.
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King James I of England and VI of Scotland
Standard Name: James I of England and VI of Scotland, King
Used Form: King James the First
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Selina Bunbury | Coombe Abbey: An Historical Tale of the Reign of James the First, a story about the kidnapping of the young Elizabeth of Bohemia
that was planned to accompany the gunpowder plot of 1605, became... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Carola Oman | CO
first relates how Elizabeth's family migrated south from Edinburgh when her father became James I
of England as well as James VI of Scotland. Her story takes in Elizabeth's wedding at Whitehall to... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Vita Sackville-West | The whole of the chapter dealing with Knole House in the reign of James I
is taken up with a vivid account of Lady Anne Clifford
, who appealed to VSW
as a fellow-exile, though... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland | Edward II is a generically complex work: a history composed largely of dramatic speeches, in prose which verges on blank verse. This monarch was famous or infamous for entertaining favourites (particularly Piers Gaveston
) with... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Antonia Fraser | Fraser quotes here from Eliot
's tribute in Middlemarch to the silent influence of those who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Antonia Fraser | This book manages almost as large a cast of characters as The Weaker Vessel—including major figures such as Guy Fawkes
, Thomas Winter
, and Robert (Robin) Catesby
; rulers such as King James |
| Wealth and Poverty | Lady Anne Clifford | The king
undertook to mediate on the estates which LAC
claimed; she told him she would not accept a verdict against her. Clifford, Lady Anne. The Diary of Anne Clifford, 1616-1619: A Critical Edition. Editor Acheson, Katherine O., Garland. 66-8 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Lady Anne Clifford | Mother and daughter felt completely assured of LAC
's right to the Clifford property, as well as to four castles in Westmorland that had formed part of her mother's jointure (that is, property allotted to... |
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