Speaker: Susan Doran
Topic: Regime Change: From Tudors to Stuarts
Venue: Vinson Lecture Theatre
Time: 11.30-12.30 Friday 13 September
Talk Summary:
Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, despite the trials and travails of her final years, was a hard act to follow, especially for a Scottish king, James VI & I, who faced a host of problems in his first years on the English throne, most famously, the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. This dramatic defining moment in the nation’s history is rich in drama – the establishment of Jamestown in Virginia, the Plantation of Ulster, and the doomed attempts to bring about union with Scotland – as well as extraordinary characters, including Sir Walter Raleigh and the secretary James inherited from Elizabeth, Robert Cecil.
Susan Doran is Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College. Her books include The Tudor Chronicles, and Elizabeth I and her Circle. Her latest publication is From Tudor to Stuart: the Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I (Oxford University Press).