Charles I detailed

What are the 5 key themes

→finance

→parliament

→foreign policy

→religion

→monarchy

what was Charles character like

→poor public speaker and suffered from a stammer

→disapproved of his father’s extravagance at court

→protestant - worship similar to arminianism

→pro-war and eager for war against Spain - opposite to his father

what were his views on the monarchy

belief in divine right of kings - only answerable to God

What was the situation of Charles and parliament in 1925 in terms of FINANCE

→did not provide him sufficient funds to successfully enter the war

→Charles is only granted a year of T+P (collection of tonnage etc. without parliament)

→out of concern over the manner in which T+P life grant of 160ffi had been used by James to justify impositions

→forced Charles to request money from parliament every year

→lacked right to tax his subjects at will

→he ignored parl and continued to collect T + P

What was the situation of Charles and parliament in 1925 in terms of MONARCHY

Buckingham was a source of tension due to the enormous influence he held since he emerged as James’ favourite

→his power was extended in early 20s and continued under Charles, given access to the king at any hour

→did not make any concessions/ consult the courts most influential supporters/ did not engage w leader figures in common

What was the situation of Charles and parliament in 1925 in terms of RELIGION

parl attacked Charles’ support for the arminian Richard montagu

in response he appointed him as his royal chaplain

→clear signs he supported anti-calvinist and disregarded parls views

DISSOLVED TWO MONTHS LATER DUE TO CRITICISM OF BUCKINGHAM AND MONTAGUE

Charles I parliament (1626)

called in hope of raising sufficient funds to successfully continue war against Spain

Finance: Parl refused to engage in debates over finance

forced loans

→w/o parl finance and facing war against Spain + France

→Charles called on prerogative finance - forced loan - equivalent to 5 parl subsides

→the method of collection ensured most of those who were liable paid

→refused to pay - threatened w/ imprisonment or compulsory enlistment into the army

York house conference

→buckingham chaired a debate

primary aim - resolve ongoing dispute between puritans and arminians

→second focus was on the writings of montagu

→conference - designed to defeat prosecution of Montagu by the HOC

→buckingham made it clear he sided firmly with/ the arminian’s and by implication this meant the Arminian argument had royal backing

harles showed his contempt for the Puritan opposition by refusing to attend the

conference

→Puritan MPs were infuriated by Buckingham’s promotion of Arminian’s

→Another high profile royal chaplain appointed (Promotion of Arminianism)

→Firm supporter of royal absolutism and claimed Charles’ right to collect forced

loan was given to him by God and parl did not need to be consulted over

taxation

→Charles issued a proclamation that forbade the public discussion of sensitive religious

topics (Promotion of Arminianism)

→Aimed at silencing his puritan critics