What Palaces did the Stuart Kings live in? What role did their opulence have in sparking the English Civil War?
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/cultural-revolution-palaces-of-the-early-stuart-kings
King James I was a gust of fresh air after the later years of Queen Elizabeth. Unlike his predecessor he was a family man, with dynastic ambitions and big ideas about architecture. But neither he nor his son, Charles I, became the great patrons of building that they would have liked.
The lecture explores how their unrealised ambitions contributed to the downfall of the monarchy.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/cultural-revolution-palaces-of-the-early-stuart-kings
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