Charles I

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  • Charles I
    • King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, which made him more poweful
    • had a stutter, disliked long conversations with courtiers and politicians
    • didn't stand out as being intellectual unlike his father + Elizabeth
    • sensitive, cultured young man
    • frailty, shyness + stammer. He preferred company of a few trusted individuals
    • Divine RIght of King - ruler chosen by god. He was a huge believer. He got authority by God so no one could question what he was saying or doing as King as it was his prerogative
    • his marriage to Henrietta was contracted for complex political and religious reasons.
    • has a passion for the visual arts
    • Duke of Buckingham, Archbishop William Laud and Thomas Wentworth (Earl of Strafford)
    • printing press had dramatically changed people's access to information.
    • by 1620's pamphlets being printed on every subject, as well as books called advertisements and religious texts.
    • Aims;
      • maintain law and order in his kingdoms
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