Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 10Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Smith, Elder & Company, 1908 - Great Britain |
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... James of Scotland . Howard's letters of advice to the king are long and obscure . James called them Asiatic and endless volumes . ' Following Essex's example he tried to poison James's mind against his personal enemies , chief among ...
... James of Scotland . Howard's letters of advice to the king are long and obscure . James called them Asiatic and endless volumes . ' Following Essex's example he tried to poison James's mind against his personal enemies , chief among ...
Page 567
... James and his squire , William Gifford . There is discre- pancy in the date assigned , both by earlier and later historians , for the capture of James . The Kingis Quair , ' his own poem , implies that it was in the spring of 1404 ...
... James and his squire , William Gifford . There is discre- pancy in the date assigned , both by earlier and later historians , for the capture of James . The Kingis Quair , ' his own poem , implies that it was in the spring of 1404 ...
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... James would have put an end to a regency which was actual sove- reignty of Scotland , it is scarcely likely that he wished to see James back in Scotland . Albany's death in 1420 at once improved the prospects of his liberation . In May ...
... James would have put an end to a regency which was actual sove- reignty of Scotland , it is scarcely likely that he wished to see James back in Scotland . Albany's death in 1420 at once improved the prospects of his liberation . In May ...
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... James had learned from the Lancastrian kings the value of a national assembly as a support against nobles who were petty kings , engaging in private war , and administering private law in their own courts . Several of the statutes of ...
... James had learned from the Lancastrian kings the value of a national assembly as a support against nobles who were petty kings , engaging in private war , and administering private law in their own courts . Several of the statutes of ...
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... James at Perth on 17 July 1428 , and by Charles VII at Chinon in November . The bride being only two and the bridegroom five the mar- riage was postponed till they reached the legal age ; but the princess was to be sent to France ...
... James at Perth on 17 July 1428 , and by Charles VII at Chinon in November . The bride being only two and the bridegroom five the mar- riage was postponed till they reached the legal age ; but the princess was to be sent to France ...
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