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The 10 pages that link to James I of England, each with the reason it gives.

• Francis BaconRelated: Bacon served the crown during James’s reign and received high political office.

• Gunpowder PlotRelated: His accession raised Catholic hopes that his policies would ease religious restrictions.

• John DonneRelated: Donne sought royal favor and eventually entered the Church of England under James’s reign.

• Virginia CompanyRelated: His 1606 grant created the company’s authority to pursue colonization.

• Ben JonsonRelated: Jonson wrote masques for James I’s court and received royal recognition.

• Richard BurbageRelated: His accession gave Burbage’s company royal status and a new name.

• Isaac CasaubonRelated: James I granted Casaubon a pension and made his English residence possible.

• MasqueRelated: James I’s court made the masque a prominent vehicle for royal authority.

• John DowlandRelated: Dowland eventually gained a position as a royal lutenist in James I’s court.

• Lady MacbethRelated: The play’s treatment of Scottish kingship reflects the political world of Shakespeare’s early seventeenth-century audience.