The early Stuarts : a political history of England, 1603-1642

Part 1 Early Stuart England - the economic background: including agriculture, the cloth trade. Part 2 England and Europe - the foreign policy of James I and Charles I: including Bohemia, Spain, Anglo-Dutch relations, the Mansfield and Cadiz expeditions, Buckingham and Richelieu. Part 3 James I and the constitution - liberties, authority and law: including Magna Carta, common law, Sir Edward Coke; Part 4 James I and the royal finances: including the Customs farm, Crown lands and wardship, Lord Treasurer Suffolk, Lionel Cranfield - Earl of Middlesex. Part 5 James I and the Church of England: including the Millenary Petition, the Hampton Court Conference; the Arminians. Part 6 The nature and functions of Parliament in early Stuart England: including the sessions, legislation, Parliamentary jurisdiction, the Commons' privilege of free speech and freedom from arrest, the Privy Councillors, "Tribunes of the people". Part 7 The early Parliaments of James I 1604-1614: including the Union, the Great Contract. Part 8 The later Parliaments of James I 1621-1624: including monopolies, foreign policy. Part 9 Charles I and the constitution: including the forced loan, the Petition of Right, ship money, the personal rule. Part 10 The royal finances under Charles I: including Richard Weston, Earl of Portland, Lord Treasurer Juxon. Part 11 Government and society in early Stuart England: including Privy Council, Court of the Star Chamber, Assize judges, Book of Orders, Justices of the Peace. Part 12 The Roman Catholics in England 1603-1642: including Gunpowder Plot, Oath of Allegiance, penal laws, recusancy fines. Part 13 Charles I and the Church of England: including the Altar Controversy, Puritans, Scottish crisis, Laud. Part 14 The early Parliaments of Charles I 1625-1629: including the Westminster and Oxford Session, tonnage and poundage. Part 15 The later Parliaments of Charles I 1640-1642. Further reading. Appendix: lists of principal office-holders. Maps. Index.