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Excerpt from English Political and Constitutional History, 1600-1900: Syllabus of a Course of Lectures Delivered at Cornell University, July-August, 1902 The Overthrow of the Royal Prerogative and the Establishment of Responsible Government, 1603-1760. Sect. I. The Beginnings of the Puritan Revolution under James I, 1603-25. I. The outlook at the commencement of the reign (Gardiner, Puritan Revolution, 1-12;Green, III, ch. I); 1. Pacific tendencies; a. In England: reaction after the Armada(1588); b. On the Continent: Peace between Spain and France at Vervins, 1598;condition of the Netherlands; state of Germany; c. Decline of Cartwright Presbyterianism; 2. State of religious parties; a. Puritanism and its significance (see Green; also Goodwin, Pilgrim Republic); b. Rise of Arminianism II. Accession of James I; 1. James descent and claim to the throne; 2. Character of James: physically and intellectually a contrast to the Tudors (Green, III, 55 ff); 3. Influence of James' experience in Scotland; influence of Knox; Andrew Melville; James and the Kirk; 4. Pedantry of James (Green, III, 55 ff.) III. James and the Puritans; 1. The Hampton Court Conference, Jan. 1604 (Gee and Hardy, 512); a. Its purpose: the "Millenarv Petition" (Lee, 338-41; Gee and Hardy, 508) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.