The succession tracts of the Elizabethan period, continuing into the reign of
James I of England
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until h ...
, debated the legal status, and other attributes, of candidates to
succeed Elizabeth I of England.
Early tracts
Later tracts
A statute of 1581 forbade in terms publication on, and other discussion of, the succession.
See also
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List of Jacobean union tracts
This is a list of Jacobean union tracts, published or manuscript treatises bearing on the Jacobean debate on the Union.
Scottish authors
English authors
References
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Notes
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Elizabeth I
Elizabethan
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia (a female personif ...