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He was proclaimed "James the first, King of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith" in London on 24 March 1603. [194] On 20 October 1604, James issued a proclamation at Westminster changing his style to "King of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c." [ 195 ] The style was not used on English statutes, but ...
The first 20th century history of James I was written by E.W.M. Balfour-Melville in 1936 and continued the theme of James as the strong upholder of law and order and, when describing Albany's trial and execution, he writes "the King had proved that high rank was no defence for lawlessness; the crown was enriched by the revenues of Fife ...
John Speed's Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures (1611), bound into first King James Bible in quarto size (1612). The title of the first edition of the translation, in Early Modern English, was "THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Teſtament, AND THE NEW: Newly Tranſlated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Tranſlations diligently compared and reuiſed, by his Maiesties ...
Daemonologie—in full Dæmonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books: By the High and Mightie Prince, James &c.—was first published in 1597 [1] by King James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England) as a philosophical dissertation on contemporary necromancy and the historical relationships between the various methods of divination used from ancient black magic.
James's dislike of tobacco led him in 1604 [3] to authorise Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, to levy an excise tax and tariff of six shillings and eight pence per pound of tobacco imported, [4] or £1 per three pounds, a large sum of money for the time. This would be £90 per pound in 2024, or £198 per kilogramme.
King James Bible [note 1] Clementine Vulgate Douay Rheims Full title in the Authorised Version; 1 Esdras: 3 Esdrae: 3 Esdras: The First Book of Esdras 2 Esdras: 4 Esdrae: 4 Esdras: The Second Book of Esdras Tobit: Tobiae: Tobias: Tobit Judith: Judith Rest of Esther: Esther 10,4 – 16,24: Esther 10:4 – 16:24: The Rest of the Chapters of the ...
The King James Version was first published in 1611 as a complete Bible (Herbert #309) and a New Testament (Herbert #310). Translated by 47 translators using the widest range of source texts, it became known as the "Authorized Version" in England and is the most widely used of the Early Modern English Bible translations.
James was born at Montpellier as the only son of Peter II of Aragon and Marie of Montpellier. [2] As a child, James was made a pawn in the power politics of Provence, where his father was engaged in struggles helping the Cathar heretics of Albi against the Albigensian Crusade led by Simon IV de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, who were trying to exterminate them.