The Accession of James I

GLENN BURGESS is Professor of History and Head of the Department of History at the University of Hull, UK. He is the author of The Politics of the Ancient Constitution: An Introduction to English Political Thought 1603-1642 (Macmillan, 1992; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993), Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution (Yale University Press, 1996) and, as editor, The New British History: Founding a Modern State 1603-1715 (I.B.Tauris, 1999). ROWLAND WYMER is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research for the Department of Humanities, University of Hull, UK.

This book analyzes the consequences of the accession of James I in 1603 for English and British history, politics, literature and culture. Questioning the extent to which 1603 marked a radical break with the past, the book explores the Scottish, Welsh, and wider European and colonial contexts, to this crucial date in history.This book analyzes the consequences of the accession of James I in 1603 for English and British history, politics, literature and culture. Questioning the extent to which 1603 marked a radical break with the past, the book explores the Scottish, Welsh, and wider European and colonial contexts, to this crucial date in history.