Table of Contents

1. The mental world of the Jacobean court: an introduction Linda Levy Peck; Part I. Reconstructing the Jacobean Court: 2. Patronage and politics under the Tudors Wallace MacCaffrey; 3. James VI and I, Basilikon Doron and The Trew Law of Free Monarchies: the Scottish context and the English translation Jenny Wormald; 4. James I and the divine right of kings: English politics and continental theory J. P. Sommerville; 5. Royal and parliamentary voices on the ancient constitution, c. 1604–1621 Paul Christianson; Part II. Court Culture and Court Politics: 6. Cultural diversity and cultural change at the court of James I Malcolm Smuts; 7. Lancelot Andrews, John Buckeridge, and avant-garde conformity at the court of James I Peter Lake; 8. Robert Cecil and the early Jacobean court Pauline Croft; 9. The mentality of a Jacobean grandee Linda Levy Peck; 10. Seneca and Tacitus in Jacobean England J. H. M. Salmon; Part III. Literature and Art: 11. The court of the first Stuart queen Leeds Barroll; 12. The masque of Stuart culture Jerzy Limon; 13. Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, as collector and patron A. R. Braunmuller; 14. John Donne, kingsman? Annabel Patterson; Index; Notes.

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