Thank you to everyone that came to my coin handling workshops at @kingjamesconf.bsky.social It was an absolute privilege to get to introduce (most of) you to James VI & I’s coins.
Thank you to our speakers and attendees for making the conference so special! Wonderful to hear from so many scholars who work on or are intrigued by James VI & I… We hope you will keep the momentum going and we look forward to seeing what the future of Jacobean studies holds!
Finally, we have the Biographers Roundtable.
Laura Stewart talks with Alex Courtney, Steven Reid, Clare Jackson and Steven Veerapen about what inspired them to write about King James, how they feel about the man himself, and how they see scholarship moving forward…
DAY THREE, PANEL TWO - Court Dynamics
Georgianna Ziegler looks at one remarkable letter from Esther Inglis to the king in 1620, which points to the openness of the pre-accession royal city that she remembered…
The ‘Wall of Jameses’ votes have been counted and the winner is… Nicholas Hilliard’s Lyte Jewel (c.1610-11)!!! (Modelled here by our speaker @emilyhay.bsky.social)
Jennifer Ng argues that James’s Gentlemen of the Bedchamber were central to Jacobean diplomacy. Bedchamber spheres and spaces infiltrated the court with sites of reconciliation, and created paths to peaceful negotiations abroad…
Amilia Gillies explores how James handled and responded to various ‘scandals’ between 1614-21. His involvement in the Suffolk and Lake cases reveal James’s role as an administrator of justice in these overlooked years…
