ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

JACOBEAN ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I ?
A
1592-1608
B
1603-1625
C
1607-1627
D
1608-1639
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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 his death in 1625.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jacobean age, (from Latin Jacobus, “James”), period of visual and literary arts during the reign of James I of England (1603–25).

Detailed explanation-3: -On James’s death in 1625, the kingdom was on the edge of war with Spain. James was succeeded by his son, Charles I.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charles I was born in Fife on 19 November 1600, the second son of James VI of Scotland (from 1603 also James I of England) and Anne of Denmark. He became heir to the throne on the death of his brother, Prince Henry, in 1612. He succeeded, as the second Stuart King of Great Britain, in 1625.

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