Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Describe relations between Crown
and Parliament
- James I
- "The House of Commons is a body without a head"
- Ref to how Parliament was not headed by him, it struggled towards its own authority
- 1621 Parliament
- Monopolies
- Monarch gave sole right of produce/trade to indiv/group
- James allowed Parliament to discuss foreign policy
- to force Spain into dynastic marriage to end 30 yrs war, negotiate peace Prots and Caths
- Abused- petition criticising 'Spanish match'
- James revokes their right to talk about FP
- "Undoubted birthright to discuss FP" December 1621
- James tore up doc, dissolved Parliament
- Relations were not that bad, but could be repaired
- Charles wasn't the right monarch to do this
- Charles
- 1625-7 undermined relations
- 1628-9 some MP's question whether or not King can be trusted to rule