James I of England

"The new king's manner also contrasted sharply with that of his Tudor predecessors, sometimes to his disadvantage. Once again, some of his personal traits were far more damaging then than they would be…"

"Dr Donne's verses are like the peace of God; they pass all understanding."

"On the morning of 15 May 1607 a hundred and forty-three men disembarked from having been crowded aboard Captain Christopher Newport's three ships during the past four months of their tedious sea passa…"

"I made the carles lords, but who made the carlines ladies?"

"I acknowledge the Roman Church to be our mother church, although defiled with some infirmities and corruptions...Let assure themselves, that, as I am a friend of their persons, if they be good subject…"

"That which concerns the mystery of the King's power is not lawful to be disputed; for that is to wade into the weakness of Princes, and to take away the mystical reverence that belongs unto them that …"

"James Stuart, the only son of Elizabeth's old nemesis, Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley, long had a bad press among English historians. This was, in part, because he possessed an unconventional pe…"

"James's foreign policy perhaps met the needs of the age for peace, but often clashed with its temper. When he came to the throne England was still technically at war with Spain. With Cecil's support h…"