TABLE OF CONTENTS
| LIST OF MAPSxvi |
| NOTE ON DATESxvii |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSxix |
| INTRODUCTIONxxi |
| I. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY,
1603-29 | James I and Robert Cecil1 | | The first parliament, 1604- 113 | Shirley's case4 | | Purveyance and wardship4 | | Apology of commons, 16046 | | The religious question7 | | Attempted union with Scotland, 1606-78 | | Finance10 | | Failure of the Great Contract, 161014 | | Why James disagreed with parliament15 |
| | Rochester's ascendancy16 | Murder of Overbury, 161319 |
| | Fall of Sir Edward Coke, 161620 | | Rise of Buckingham22 | | Meeting of parliament in 162124 | Attack on monopolies24 | | Impeachment of Bacon26 | | The Protestation27 | | Dissolution27 |
| | Last Parliament, 1624-528 | | Importance of James's reign29 | Growth of committees in privy council31 |
| | Theory of divine right of kings31 | | Character and accession (27 March 1625) of Charles I33 | | Early parliaments, 1625, 162634 | | War with France, 162738 | | Resistance to forced loans38 | | Third parliament, 1628-939 | Petition of Right40 | | Importance of Petition42 |
| | Buckingham's assassination, 162843 | | King and parliament quarrel about religion44 | | Significance of dissolution of 162945 |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Early Stuarts, 1603-1660.
Edition: 2nd.
Contributors: Godfrey Davies - Author.
Publisher: Clarendon Press.
Place of publication: Oxford.
Publication year: 1959.
Page number: vii.
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