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Majestie

the king behind the King James Bible
2010
Chronicles the seventeenth-century life of James, King of Scots, describing his childhood in Scotland, his ascension to the throne, and his efforts to translate the Bible from Latin into accessible English.

The English Revolution, 1688-1689

1965
Discusses the bloodless revolution in England in 1688-89, that resulted in King James II being deposed and the power of the king being subjected to the bounds of law.

James VI and I, king of Great Britain

1998
Discusses some of the major issues of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the effect King James I of Great Britain had on these issues both during his reign and after.

After Elizabeth

the rise of James of Scotland and the struggle for the throne of England
2007
Focuses on the critical year the reign of the childless Elizabeth I ended and a Machiavellian struggle ensued to find her successor.

The making of the Jacobean regime

James VI and I and the government of England, 1603-1605
2005

James I

1988
A biography of the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was the first Stuart king of England, the sponsor of what is known as the King James Version of the Bible, and the monarch responsible for the migration of the Puritans to America in 1620.

James I

1976
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