STUART STATESMEN

While Tudor Kings and Queens had ruled with the help of statesmen and Parliament, the Stuart era saw sweeping changes in the balance of power in Britain. As a result of the Civil War, which was a conflict over power between King and Parliament, the power of the monarch was significantly reduced and thereby the power of the monarch's statesmen. But the first two Stuart monarchs, James I and Charles I, had as much power as their Tudor predecessors and were very much rulers. Below are some of the most important statesmen of the Stuart period.