James I

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Sources

1. BookHeretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation

Relations

patron of:

• King James Bible

  Sources: A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths

• King's Men

  Sources: The Shakespeare Company, 1594–1642

sent as envoy:

• Thomas Roe1615 – 1618

  Sources: The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615–1619

succeeded:

• Elizabeth Isince 24 Mar 1603 O.S.

  Sources: Reformation: Europe’s House Divided, 1490–1700

Appears in9 items

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  Shakespeare’s Plays7 items
  • A royal death, then plague: playhouses shut · audience19 Mar 1602/03 O.S.
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    Queen Elizabeth dies · successor24 Mar 1602/03 O.S.
  • The King’s Men · patron19 May 1603 O.S.
  • Letters patent for the King’s Men · grantor19 May 1603 O.S.
  • Red cloth for the coronation procession · monarch15 Mar 1603/04 O.S.
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    Macbeth · intended audience1606 O.S.
  • King Lear before the king at Whitehall · audience26 Dec 1606 O.S.
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  The Bible: Story and Scholarship1 item
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    The King James Version · patron1611
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  The Reformation1 item
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    The King James Bible · patron1611 O.S.