The honours system in late Tudor and early Stuart England -- Heralds and earl marshals in late Tudor England -- The inflation of honours in early Stuart England -- Charles I and the defence of aristocracy, 1625-1639 -- 'Ancient nobility' -- The aristocracy and the royal court -- Reform of the aristocracy -- The Order of the Garter -- The Court of Chivalry -- The reform of the Court of Chivalry -- Heralds and the court of chivalry -- The aristocracy and the Bishops' Wars, 1639-1640 -- The first Bishops War and the military mobilization of the peerage -- The great council of peers -- The aristocracy and the outbreak of civil war, 1640-1642 -- The Long Parliament -- The formation of the Royalist Party -- The Royalist Party and the outbreak of civil war.
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