HST 632 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: De Jure, De Facto, English Law
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George villiers, created baron and viscount in 1616, earl in 1617, marquis in 1618, and duke of. It is unprecedented to gain so many titles in such a short time: with this comes wealth villiers gains money and lands along with his titles. 2018-01-23: possibly homosexual, villiers played the game he fawned over james, and let james kiss and caress him in public. England goes to war the thirty years war, 1618-1648. James hated war he was already running a financial deficit, and war is very expensive: holy roman emperor elected by 7 electors, of whom 3 were catholic bishops and 3 were. Protestant princes 7th was the king of bohemia (a position normally held by the catholic. Infanta, 1608-46: this would be a great royal match tap into the power, wealth, and influence of the spanish hapsburg family. In 1621, the economy was in bad shape poor harvest, food shortages .