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Kernan Chapter 3: The King's Perogative and the Law (Measure for Measure, Whitehall, December 26, 1604)
- What was the Hampton Court Conference of Christmas, 1604?
- Who wished his master "read fewer [books] than he doth"?
- What news laws were put in place because of the Hampton Court Conference?
- Who said, "No bishop,no king," and why?
- What Whitehall entertainments did James attend twice a week?
- King James was said to wonder "why my ancestors should ever have permitted such an institution to come into existence." Which institution, and why?
- In what way, according to Kernan, was the King like Measure for Measure's "duke of dark corners"?
- What kind of things did James dislike about Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603?
- Who oversaw Sir Walter's 1603 trial?
- Who, and in what capacity, accused Sir Walter Raleigh of being a "vile viper" and Spanish pensioner?
- What do we know about the chief justice at Raleigh's trial?
- Describe how the sentences imposed on Raleigh and two priests (for being involved in the Arabella Stuart scandal) were carried out.
- To what did Dudley Carleton compare the carrying out of Raleigh's sentence?
- What Jacobean statutes involved the death penalty?
- Who are some of the supporters Raleigh gained after his trial. How did they show their support?
- How did the King's Men get in trouble in December 1604?
- To what new masque did the Privy counsel object in December 1604,and why?
- What happens to those who follow truth "too near the heels," according to Raleigh? How did the King's Men avoid that with Measure for Measure?
- When asked to show himself to his subjects at more processionals like his 1603-4 triumphal march into London, what was King James's response?
- How did King James honor Sir Phillip Herbert's marriage to Lady Susan Vere?
- Whose power struggle involved the King's Men that season? How?
- What problems resulted from the performance of Jonson's first masque?
- Besides Merchant of Venice, what other play did James attend twice? Why?
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