01.21 - Rise of the Favourites
Court politics and favouritism, corruption and murder.
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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Show Notes
A delve into the careers of two of the king's fond advisers/possible lovers: the Earl of Somerset, Robert Carr/Kerr, and the Duke of Buckingham, George Villiers. One rose to a great height, acquired riches and power, and came crashing down to earth like Icarus. The other would climb higher, attain more influence and wealth, and survive his king. These two men became manifestations, and major causes, of the Stuart Court's growing unpopularity.
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In this episode I made particular use of the following publications:
- Alan Stewart, The Cradle King: A Life of James VI and I
- Pauline Croft, King James
- The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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